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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 6541553, member: 116882&quot;]Overstrikes are fascinating and often historically significant. Kyrenaika overstruck coins quite often as there are no local sources of precious metals. One of my favorites:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1262081[/ATTACH] </p><p>Kyrene AR tetradrachm 500-480 BC 16.84 gm 24 mm <i>cf. </i>BMC 2</p><p>O: silphium plant flanked by 2 silphium fruits</p><p>R: quadripartite incuse square</p><p>overstruck on Athenian tetradrachm (top of owl&#039;s head just above incuse square and top of back at left side incuse square)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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