Cyrenaica

Regions

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7032

Die Studies

• Euhesperides (Ptolemy III), silver, didrachms (246-222 BCE)

Overstriking coins

• 2572 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 402, July 2017, 364)
• 2605 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy/Lybia) (Ebay seller Mattagio, July 2017)
• 2609 - Cyrene (AE Zeus/tomb of Battus) over uncertain type (ebay - Musa Numismatic Art)
• 2724 - Euhesperides (tetradrachm silphium/Zeus-Ammon) over uncertain type (Gemini, 5, Jan. 2009, 760)
• 2804 - Cyrene (Magas) (AE Apollo/lyra) over uncertain type (Münz Zentrum, 168, Dec. 2013, 257)
• 2860 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (MacDonald coll., 144)
• 2930 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (CNG, 87, May 2011, 714)
• 3309 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 4, June 2018, 438)
• 3518 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over Cyprus (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy VIII) (Zeus-Ammon/eagle) (CNG, EA 176, Nov. 2007, 50)
• 3700 - Cyrene (AE Ptolemy I/Lybia) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 281, Feb. 2008, 6)
• 3827 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (Roma Numismatics, EA 1, July 2018, 238)
• 24300 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 8, 29 June 2019, 585)
• 24323 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over Cyprus (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy VIII) (Zeus-Ammon/eagle) (CNG, MBS 57, Apr. 2001, 649)
• 24325 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 8, 29 June 2019, 585)
• 24332 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Ptolemy/Lybia) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 251, March 2011, 190)
• 24339 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 5, Sept. 2018, 446)
• 24342 - Cyrene (Magas) (AE Apollo/lyra) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 107, March 2023, 533)
• 24345 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Ptolemy/Lybia) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 82, Apr. 2021, 710)
• 24350 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (Naville Numismatics, 52, Sept. 2019, 129)
• 24353 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 543, Aug. 2023, 162)
• 24356 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 318, Jan. 2014, 349)

Overstruck coins

• 2027 - Gortyn (stater Europas/bull) over Cyrene (Künker, 136, March 2008, 70)
• 2035 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Elsen, 88, June 2006, 108)
• 2063 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Rauch & Aufhäuser, 18, Oct. 2004, 118)
• 2111 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (LHS, 95, Oct. 2005, 632)
• 2140 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, BnF, Y 23880)
• 2160 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (London, BM, 1858-11-24.35)
• 2180 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (VCoins, Peus, 24 March 2020)
• 2213 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Berk, BBS 192, Oct. 2014, 93)
• 2345 - Phalasarna (drachma Artemis/trident) over Cyrene (Zeus/silphium) (Künker, 136, March 2008, 309)
• 2572 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 402, July 2017, 364)
• 2599 - Polyrhenium (drachma bull/spearhead) over Cyrene (Silphium/Zeus) (Künker, 94, Sept. 2004, 917)
• 2605 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy/Lybia) (Ebay seller Mattagio, July 2017)
• 2725 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, BnF, R1249)
• 2860 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (MacDonald coll., 144)
• 2930 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (CNG, 87, May 2011, 714)
• 3827 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (Roma Numismatics, EA 1, July 2018, 238)
• 22048 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, BnF, Z 2885)
• 22054 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (London, BM, 1858-11-24.35)
• 22058 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, Bnf, R 2514)
• 22061 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Künker, 136, March 2008, 70)
• 22077 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, BnF, R 2370)
• 22141 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (CNG, 114, May 2020, 179)
• 22227 - Phalasarna (hemidrachm Artemis/trident) over Cyrene (Zeus/silphium) (Peus, 433, Nov. 2022, 1196)
• 24350 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (Naville Numismatics, 52, Sept. 2019, 129)
• 24353 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 543, Aug. 2023, 162)
• 24356 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 318, Jan. 2014, 349)
• 24360 - Apulia (uncertain mint) (AE Hermes/prow) over Cyrene (Zeus-Ammon/Isis headdress) (Roma Numismatics, Anders Coll. Part II, June 2023, 30)
• 24431 - Gortyn (drachma Europa/bull) over Cyrene (Hermes/silphium) (Munich, MK, 21-4906)
• SO 954 - Uncertain mint in Syria (Phoenicia) over Ptolemais

Mints

Map

Table

Mint	RegionAncient region.	CountryModern country	CoordinatesGeographical coorindates
Cyrene	Cyrenaica	Libya	32.823041° N, 21.857270° E
Euhesperides	Cyrenaica	Libya	32.109789° N, 20.091198° E
Ptolemais	Cyrenaica	Libya	32.708807° N, 20.950755° E

Literature

• Asolati - Crisafulli 2018
• Asolati 2011
• Babelon 1936
• BMC Cyrenaica
• Carbone 2018b
• MacDonald 1996a
• SNG Lockett
• Stannard - Ranucci 2016
• Stefanakis 2016
• Tatman 2023

Authors

• Michele Asolati
• Cristina Crisafulli