100 BCE - 70 BCE | ΛAMΨA-KHNΩN
Overstriking coin
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, EA 477, 23 Sept. 2020, 130
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Laureate head of Apollo Kitharoidos right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΛAMΨA-KHNΩN (Greek) Priapos, holding filleted thyrsos over shoulder and kantharos, advancing right, monogram to inner right
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Lampsacus
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Troas
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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. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.733.73 g <br />3,730 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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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).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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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
- ^ Ellis-Evans, Aneurin (2020), "The late Hellenistic tetradrachms of Parion and Lampsakos," American Journal of Numismatics, 32, p. 93-125.