Cyrene

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 273

The mint at the ancient site of Cyrene in Cyrenaica.

Die Studies

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Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
2609 - Cyrene (AE Zeus/tomb of Battus) over uncertain type (ebay - Musa Numismatic Art)		Bronze	313 BC JL
2804 - Cyrene (Magas) (AE Apollo/lyra) over uncertain type (Münz Zentrum, 168, Dec. 2013, 257)		Bronze	282 BC JL
24342 - Cyrene (Magas) (AE Apollo/lyra) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 107, March 2023, 533)		Bronze	282 BC JL
2572 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 402, July 2017, 364)		Bronze	250 BC JL
24356 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 318, Jan. 2014, 349)		Bronze	250 BC JL
2605 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy/Lybia) (Ebay seller Mattagio, July 2017)		Bronze	250 BC JL
2860 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (MacDonald coll., 144)		Bronze	250 BC JL
2930 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (CNG, 87, May 2011, 714)		Bronze	250 BC JL
24350 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (Naville Numismatics, 52, Sept. 2019, 129)		Bronze	250 BC JL
3827 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (Roma Numismatics, EA 1, July 2018, 238)		Bronze	250 BC JL
24353 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 543, Aug. 2023, 162)		Bronze	250 BC JL
24345 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Ptolemy/Lybia) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 82, Apr. 2021, 710)		Bronze	246 BC JL
24332 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Ptolemy/Lybia) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 251, March 2011, 190)		Bronze	246 BC JL
3700 - Cyrene (AE Ptolemy I/Lybia) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 281, Feb. 2008, 6)		Bronze	246 BC JL
24323 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over Cyprus (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy VIII) (Zeus-Ammon/eagle) (CNG, MBS 57, Apr. 2001, 649)		Bronze	145 BC JL
3309 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 4, June 2018, 438)		Bronze	145 BC JL
24325 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 8, 29 June 2019, 585)		Bronze	145 BC JL
3518 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over Cyprus (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy VIII) (Zeus-Ammon/eagle) (CNG, EA 176, Nov. 2007, 50)		Bronze	145 BC JL
24300 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 8, 29 June 2019, 585)		Bronze	145 BC JL
24339 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 5, Sept. 2018, 446)		Bronze	145 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
2180 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (VCoins, Peus, 24 March 2020)		Silver	331 BC JL
2027 - Gortyn (stater Europas/bull) over Cyrene (Künker, 136, March 2008, 70)		Silver	330 BC JL
2063 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Rauch & Aufhäuser, 18, Oct. 2004, 118)		Silver	330 BC JL
2160 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (London, BM, 1858-11-24.35)		Silver	330 BC JL
2725 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, BnF, R1249)		Silver	330 BC JL
2345 - Phalasarna (drachma Artemis/trident) over Cyrene (Zeus/silphium) (Künker, 136, March 2008, 309)		Silver	330 BC JL
22054 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (London, BM, 1858-11-24.35)		Silver	330 BC JL
22077 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, BnF, R 2370)		Silver	330 BC JL
22227 - Phalasarna (hemidrachm Artemis/trident) over Cyrene (Zeus/silphium) (Peus, 433, Nov. 2022, 1196)		Silver	330 BC JL
22061 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Künker, 136, March 2008, 70)		Silver	330 BC JL
2111 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (LHS, 95, Oct. 2005, 632)		Silver	330 BC JL
2599 - Polyrhenium (drachma bull/spearhead) over Cyrene (Silphium/Zeus) (Künker, 94, Sept. 2004, 917)		Silver	330 BC JL
22058 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, Bnf, R 2514)		Silver	330 BC JL
22141 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (CNG, 114, May 2020, 179)		Silver	330 BC JL
2213 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Berk, BBS 192, Oct. 2014, 93)		Silver	330 BC JL
2140 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, BnF, Y 23880)		Silver	329 BC JL
22048 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, BnF, Z 2885)		Silver	329 BC JL
2035 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Elsen, 88, June 2006, 108)		Silver	329 BC JL
24431 - Gortyn (drachma Europa/bull) over Cyrene (Hermes/silphium) (Munich, MK, 21-4906)		Silver	300 BC JL
24350 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (Naville Numismatics, 52, Sept. 2019, 129)		Bronze	250 BC JL
3827 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (Roma Numismatics, EA 1, July 2018, 238)		Bronze	250 BC JL
24353 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 543, Aug. 2023, 162)		Bronze	250 BC JL
2572 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 402, July 2017, 364)		Bronze	250 BC JL
24356 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 318, Jan. 2014, 349)		Bronze	250 BC JL
2605 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy/Lybia) (Ebay seller Mattagio, July 2017)		Bronze	250 BC JL
2930 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (CNG, 87, May 2011, 714)		Bronze	250 BC JL
2860 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (MacDonald coll., 144)		Bronze	250 BC JL
24360 - Apulia (uncertain mint) (AE Hermes/prow) over Cyrene (Zeus-Ammon/Isis headdress) (Roma Numismatics, Anders Coll. Part II, June 2023, 30)		Bronze	120 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	cyrene
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Cyrene in Cyrenaica.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	373778
Ancient regionAncient region.	Cyrenaica Nomisma: cyrenaica
Modern countryModern country	Libya
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	32.823041° N, 21.857270° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Cyrene,_Libya https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373778 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q44112 https://www.freebase.com/m/0lrkg http://sws.geonames.org/8378640/

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Literature

• Asolati - Crisafulli 2018
• Asolati 2011
• Carbone 2018b
• Stannard - Ranucci 2016
• Tatman 2023

Authors

• Michele Asolati
• Cristina Crisafulli