267 BCE - 221 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛEMΑΙΟΥ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Berenike right.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛEMΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 267 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 221 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: 4.474.47 g <br />4,470 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dichalkon
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ (ANTIOXOY) (Greek) Apollo seating on omphalos left, holding sparrow, an elbow resting on a kithara (visible: the most part of Apollo, cithara).
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 261 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 246 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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exceptional
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Undertype easily seen (rotate the reverse 90 deg counterclockwise) with seated Apollo resting an elbow on a kithara behind the throne with the undertype's BASILEOS sharply visible. The reverse also sports (count 'em *two* countermarks, a cornucopia and a Pi-T-O that resembles some similar countermarks seen on Aphrodite-statue-reverse types of Ptolemy III. The undertype isn't as clearly visible on the obverse but it's also certainly overstruck. The only other known specimen of this unusual overstrike/countermark type was published in Catherine Lorber's paper on the Ras Ibn Hani Berenike bronzes but this one appears to be sharper and these large photos reveal the undertype and countermarks more clearly." (D. MacDonald)
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References
- ^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1904-1908), Τὰ νομίσματα τοῦ κράτους τῶν Πτολεμαίων (Ta nomismata tou kratous tōn Ptolemaiōn - The coins of the Ptolemaic rulers), Athens, 4 v., 68 pl.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2009), Handbook of ancient Syrian coins : royal and civic issues, fourth to first centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage 9, Lancaster, lxix, 332 p.
