250 BCE - 220 BCE | ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ
Overstriking coin
2390 - Lysimachia over uncertain type.jpg
Overstruck variety
Antiochus II Sardis tripod.jpg
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2390 Antiochos (drawing).jpg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ (Greek) Nike left holding wreath and palm
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Lysimachia
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Thrace
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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. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 220 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.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.453.45 g <br />3,450 mg <br />
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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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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath (visible: lower half of Apollo's head, with long hair at neck).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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[BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ] [A]NTIOXOY. (Greek) Tripod above anchor. In outer left field, part of monogram. In outer right field, two additional monograms (visible: left side of tripod, anchor, trace of monogram).
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 261 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 246 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
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