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

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 18925


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

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Overstriking coin
Lampsacus_2519_tetradrachm.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
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
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: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

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