3827 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (Roma Numismatics, EA 1, July 2018, 238)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3827

250 BCE - 220 BCE | KOINON

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Roma Numismatics, EA 1, 25 July 2018, 238

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:

Cyrenean league

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: 7.197.19 g <br />7,190 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemiobol	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />		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.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Personification of Libya.

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:

Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC), Ptolemy III Euergetes (Ptolemaic king, 246-222 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:	"for undertype: Svoronos 871; SNG Copenhagen 442; Köln 65. 7.19g, 23mm, 3h. The undertype obverse, featuring a portrait of Ptolemy I facing right, is almost entirely obliterated beneath the head of Zeus-Ammon from the overtype: both are aligned on the same axis. More obvious is the personification of Libya of the reverse undertype (this time on an axis 90° anticlockwise of the overtype) and the legend BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY around it"

References

^ Robinson, E. S. G. (1927), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol. XXIX : Cyrenaica, London, The Trustees, p. 154, pl. 47.
^ 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.