2804 - Cyrene (Magas) (AE Apollo/lyra) over uncertain type (Münz Zentrum, 168, Dec. 2013, 257)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2804

282 BCE - 261 BCE | KYPA

Images

Overstriking coin

Cyrene_Münz_Zentrum, _168, _27_Dec._2013, _257.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Künker, EA 19, 26 June 2013, 299 = Münz Zentrum, 168, 27 Jan. 2013, 257

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo-Karneios right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KYPA (Greek) Lyra. In field, crab.

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:

Magas (governor of Cyrene under Ptolemy I of Egypt)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 282 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 261 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: 4.384.38 g <br />4,380 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dichalkon
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 17.517.5 mm <br />1.75 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

BMC Cyrenaica1BMC Cyrenaica, n° 326-329

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"überprägt"