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169 - 168 | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛEMΑΙΟΥ
Images
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Gemini 5 (06/01/2009), no. 737. | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Carlen collection, Princeton; D. H. Doswell Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Ptolemy I Soter right, wearing diadem, aegis around his neck. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛEMΑΙΟΥ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with closed wings. In right field, filleted thyrsus. In right field, LB (date) above monogram (mintmark). Border of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Amathus | Ancient regionAncient region. | Cyprus | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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 VI Philometor (Ptolemaic king, 180-145 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 169 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 168 | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 14.0514.05 g <br />14,050 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.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | J. Olivier and H. Aumaître, "L’atelier monétaire d’Amathonte et la sixième guerre de Syrie (170/9 – 169/8)", Revue numismatique 2 (2014), p. 29, no. 2 (pl. 2) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | J. Olivier and H. Aumaître1J. Olivier and H. Aumaître, "L’atelier monétaire d’Amathonte et la sixième guerre de Syrie (170/9 – 169/8)", Revue numismatique 2 (2014), p. 29, no. 2-5, J. N. Svoronos2J. N. Svoronos, Τα νομίσματα του κράτους των Πτολεμαίων, Athens, 1904–1908, no. 1373 var. |
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: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
