282 BCE - 261 BCE | K-Y P-A in two lines across fields
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Laureate head of Apollo Myrtous to right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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K-Y P-A in two lines across fields (Greek) Cithara
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Cyrene
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Cyrenaica
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Modern countryModern country: Libya
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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:
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Magas (governor of Cyrene under Ptolemy I of Egypt)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 282 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 261 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.133.13 g <br />3,130 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dichalkon
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and concentrated
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"overstruck on an uncertain type, details of which can be seen on the rev. such as the crab in place of the 'P' of the ethnic, and the fainter crab in the upper right field above the 'Y'."
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References
- ^ Robinson, E. S. G. (1927), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol. XXIX : Cyrenaica, London, The Trustees, p. 154, pl. 47.
