1212 - Byzantium (Lysimachus) (Alexander/Athena) over Mithridates Eupator (Mithridates/stag) (CNG, 93, May 2013, 101)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1212

85 BCE - 70 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛYΣΙΜΑΧΟY

Images

Overstriking coin

Byzantium on Mithridates Eupator - Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101.jpg

Overstruck variety

Byzantium on Mithridates Eupator - Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101 overstruck variety.jpg

Traces of the overstruck variety

Byzantium on Mithridates (drawing) 2340.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛYΣΙΜΑΧΟY (Greek) Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background, monogram to inner left, BY below throne, ornate trident in exergue

Mint and issuing power

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

Byzantium

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:

Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 85 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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.2616.26 g <br />16,260 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3636 mm <br />3.6 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 2013, Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 2

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Callataÿ 1997a1Callataÿ 1997a, Group 4, p. 127–8, Callataÿ 20132Callataÿ 2013, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 2

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ (Greek) Stag grazing left, to left, star-in-crescent above monogram, to right, (date) above monogram, (month) in exergue, all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit

Mint and issuing power

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

Sinope

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Pontus

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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

Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 96 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 80 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Callataÿ 1997a1Callataÿ 1997a

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	Unique so far.

References

a b Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
^ Callataÿ, François de (2013), “Byzantion over Mithradates Eupator. How the Pontic king paid his Thracian mercenaries after the treaty of Dardanos”, Notae Numismaticae (Krakow), 8, p. 95-104.
^ Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Bernhard Weisser (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.