3700 - Cyrene (AE Ptolemy I/Lybia) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 281, Feb. 2008, 6)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3700

246 BCE - 222 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 281, 6 Feb. 2008, 6
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the J. S. Wagner Collection.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck, wearing diadem.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Libya right, wearing taenia. Beneath chin, cornucopia. Border of dots.

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:

Ptolemy III Euergetes (Ptolemaic king, 246-222 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 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.. 222 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: 7.177.17 g <br />7,170 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: obol	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 870, CPE I2CPE I, n° B490
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1 2.B490

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus Ammon right.

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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"interesting overstrike"

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.
^ Lorber, Catharine C. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.