225 BCE - 198 BCE | ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ
Overstriking coin
Lysimachia 2420 Berlin.jpg
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| Museum collectionMuseum collection:
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Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett, 18221865, Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer 1888 – 1900 (Adolph E. Cahn, Frankfurt am Main)
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Adolph E. Cahn (Frankfurt am Main)
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer 1888 – 1900
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ (Greek) Artemis standing right, holding long torch.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Lysimachia
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Thrace
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 225 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 198 BCE
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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.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.596.59 g <br />6,590 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
