2605 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy/Lybia) (Ebay seller Mattagio, July 2017)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2605

250 BCE - 220 BCE | KOINON

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Ebay seller Mattagio, 21 July 2017. Purchased from Aegean Numis. on vcoins.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KOINON (Greek) Silphium plant.

Mint and issuing power

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

Cyrene

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cyrenaica

Modern countryModern country: Libya

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. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 220 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.87.8 g <br />7,800 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemiobol
		StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Cyrenaica1BMC Cyrenaica, pl. XXVII, n° 16-25
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cyrenaic.koinon.bmc.pl.xxvii.16-25

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Ptolemy I right, wearing diadem (visible: face of Ptelemy I).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Libya right.

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: Libya

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC), Ptolemy III Euergetes (Ptolemaic king, 246-222 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 246 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 221 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

hemiobol

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Svoronos 1904-19082Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 871, CPE I3CPE I, n° B487
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1 2.B487

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Neat bronze that was overstruck on a coin of Ptolemaic Egypt, but with traces of the underlying type still visible. On the obverse, the head of Zeus is plainly visible, but turn the coin 180 degrees, and you can see the face of one of the Ptolemies as well"