18925 - Lampsacus (tetradrachm Priapus/Apollo) over uncertain type (Leu, May 1973, 205)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 18925

100 BCE - 70 BCE | ΛΑΜΨΑ – ΚΗΝΩΝ / ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ / ΜΕΙΚΑΛΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Lampsacus_2519_tetradrachm.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Leu, 9 May 1973, 205

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Priapos right, wearing ivy wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛΑΜΨΑ – ΚΗΝΩΝ / ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ / ΜΕΙΚΑΛΟΥ (Greek) Apollo Kitharoidos standing r., wearing long robes and holding lyre in his l. hand, his r. at his side, below, in inner l. field, monogram and in inner r., bow and arrow

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Lampsacus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Troas

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. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Ellis-Evans 2020, O4-R12

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Ellis-Evans 20201Ellis-Evans 2020, O4-R12

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Ellis-Evans, Aneurin (2020), "The late Hellenistic tetradrachms of Parion and Lampsakos," American Journal of Numismatics, 32, p. 93-125.