23585 - Sestos (Lysimachus) (drachma Alexander/Athena) over uncertain type (Heritage, 232345, Nov. 2023, 62025)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 23585

305 BCE - 281 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

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Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ (Greek) Athena enthroned left, Nike in outstretched right hand crowning royal name, resting left arm on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion boss, transverse spear beyond, facing herm in inner left field

Mint and issuing power

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

Sestos

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. 305 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 281 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: 4.094.09 g <br />4,090 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

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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. ᵖ:

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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck"