2142 - Samos (stater lion/ox) over Cyrene (Zeus Ammon/silphium) (London, BM, BNK, G.607)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2142

499 BCE - 495 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Samos_over_Cyrene_Barron_7.png

Overstruck variety

Cyrene_BMC_pl_XI_n5.jpg [BMC 29, pl.XI, n°5]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, BNK,G.607
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Bank of England

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Lion scalp facing.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of ox right within doted incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Samos

Ancient regionAncient region.

Ionia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 499 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 495 BCE

Classical 480-323 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: 13.0413.04 g <br />13,040 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.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Samian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Barron 1966, class I, p. 27, pl. VI, n° 7, BMC Ionia, p.351, n° 20	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Barron 19661Barron 1966, class I, HGC 62HGC 6, n° 1184
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/samos barron 1966 class i

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Zeus Ammon to right, wearing laureate diadem

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Siliphium

Mint and issuing power

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

Cyrene?

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Cyrenaica

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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

tetradrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

BMC Cyrenaica3BMC Cyrenaica, pl. III 4-5

Additional data

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