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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 25288273, member: 116882&quot;]Recently, I have gotten more interested in coins of ancient Crete, especially overstrikes.</p><p>Here is a recent purchase (Seller’s photo):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1614887[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Crete, Phalasarna</b></p><p>AR drachm 300-270 BC</p><p>5.55 g, 22 mm, 2h</p><p>O: head Artemis Diktyna right</p><p>R: ornate trident head; Φ – Α between prongs</p><p>Le Rider 3; Svoronos 5</p><p>ex-Lepczyk 43, lot 592, 11/21/1981</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are often overstruck on coins from Cyrene. “Cretan Overstrikes: Gortyna, Phalasarna, and Polyrrhenia Drachms Overstruck on Kyrenaika Coins” <i>American Journal of Numismatics, </i>vol 35, pp 1-31, 2023, is an article about these coins. Here is a YouTube video of a recent ANS Long Table presentation on the topic: [MEDIA=youtube]MJq-y-zP1Y4[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, these drachms were overstruck on <i>BMC Cyrenaica</i> Cyrene 266 coins. Here is a photo of <i>BMC Cyrenaica</i> 266 from the British Museum:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1614888[/ATTACH]</p><p>Image © Trustees of the British Museum&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1915-0407-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1915-0407-3" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1915-0407-3</a></p><p><br /></p><p>When I examined the drachm, it certainly looked like it was overstruck. The reverse die struck the flan a little off center leaving a rim of unstruck coin at the edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the rim, there is still the diadem ornament and a curl of hair just like on the <i>BMC Cyrenaica</i> 266 obverse. Here is a close up of the unstruck rim at the edge compared to the corresponding part of the <i>BMC Cyrenaica</i> 266 obverse:</p><p>&nbsp;_____[ATTACH=full]1614889[/ATTACH]</p><p>__________&nbsp; hair curl&nbsp; __ object on front of diadem</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1614890[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There may be also a partial outline of the ram’s horn on the trident crossbar at the middle prong. Otherwise, there is nothing else visible on the reverse and nothing visible on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>This drachm was not included in the article but looks like it was also overstruck on a <i>BMC Cyrenaica</i> 266 coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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