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|Sale=Roma Numismatics, | |Image overstriking coin=Cyrene_Roma_Numismatics, _EA_1, _25_July_2018, _238.jpg | ||
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1271416&AucID=2585&Lot=238 | |||
|Image overstruck variety=Cyrene Ptolemy Lybia.jpg | |||
|Sale=Roma Numismatics, EA 1, 25 July 2018, 238 | |||
|Obverse description=Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia. | |Obverse description=Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia. | ||
|Reverse legend=KOINON | |Reverse legend=KOINON | ||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Reverse description=Silphium plant. | |Reverse description=Silphium plant. | ||
|Mint=Cyrene | |Mint=Cyrene | ||
|Ancient region=Cyrenaica | |Ancient region=Cyrenaica | ||
|Authority=Cyrenean league | |Authority=Cyrenean league | ||
|Date from=250 BCE | |||
|Date to=220 BCE | |||
|Period=Hellenistic | |||
|Metal=Bronze | |||
|Weight=7.19 | |Weight=7.19 | ||
|Diameter=23 | |Diameter=23 | ||
|Axis=3 | |Axis=3 | ||
|Denomination= | |Denomination=hemiobol | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Standard=Ptolemaic | ||
|Coin series reference=BMC Cyrenaica, pl. XXVII, n° 16-25 | |||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cyrenaic.koinon.bmc.pl.xxvii.16-25 | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Ptolemy I right. | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Ptolemy I right. | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ | |Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Personification of Libya. | |Overstruck reverse description=Personification of Libya. | ||
|Overstruck mint=Cyrene | |Overstruck mint=Cyrene | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Cyrenaica | |Overstruck ancient region=Cyrenaica | ||
|Overstruck authority=Ptolemy III Euergetes (Ptolemaic king, 246-222 BC) | |Overstruck authority=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) | ||
|Overstruck date from=246 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=221 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Overstruck denomination=hemiobol | |Overstruck denomination=hemiobol | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Svoronos 871; SNG Copenhagen 442; Köln 65 | |Coin series reference overstruck=Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 871; CPE I, n° B487 | ||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1 2.B487 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
|Remarks="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" | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:49, 10 February 2024
250 BCE - 220 BCE | KOINON
Images
Overstriking coin
Cyrene_Roma_Numismatics, _EA_1, _25_July_2018, _238.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Cyrene Ptolemy Lybia.jpg
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: | |||
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: | |||
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.
