17363 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Artemis) over uncertain type (New York, ANS, 1944.100.16593 – E. T. Newell)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 17363


225 BCE - 198 BCE | ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Lysimachia 2424 New York.jpg [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: New York, ANS,1944.100.16593 – E. T. Newell
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : E. T. Newell coll.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ (Greek) Artemis standing right, holding long torch
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Lysimachia Ancient regionAncient region. Thrace Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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:
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 Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.4612.46 g <br />12,460 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear I1Sear I, n° 1620, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1495

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
  2. ^  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.