SO 958 - Amathus over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3863

169 BCE - 168 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛEMΑΙΟΥ

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gemini 5 (06/01/2009), no. 737.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Carlen collection, Princeton; D. H. Doswell Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Ptolemy I Soter right, wearing diadem, aegis around his neck. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛEMΑΙΟΥ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with closed wings. In right field, filleted thyrsus. In right field, LB (date) above monogram (mintmark). Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Amathus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Ptolemy VI Philometor (Ptolemaic king, 180-145 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 169 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 168 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 14.0514.05 g <br />14,050 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

J. Olivier and H. Aumaître, "L’atelier monétaire d’Amathonte et la sixième guerre de Syrie (170/9 – 169/8)", Revue numismatique 2 (2014), p. 29, no. 2 (pl. 2)

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

J. Olivier and H. Aumaître1J. Olivier and H. Aumaître, "L’atelier monétaire d’Amathonte et la sixième guerre de Syrie (170/9 – 169/8)", Revue numismatique 2 (2014), p. 29, no. 2-5, J. N. Svoronos2J. N. Svoronos, Τα νομίσματα του κράτους των Πτολεμαίων, Athens, 1904–1908, no. 1373 var.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ J. Olivier and H. Aumaître
^ J. N. Svoronos