2897 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Artemis) over Lysimachia (Heracles/Nike) (CNG, EA 124, Oct. 2005, 122)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2897

225 BCE - 198 BCE | ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 330 - Lysimachia over Lysimachia.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Lysimachia Heracles Nike.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 124, 12 Oct. 2005, 122

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ (Greek) Artemis standing right, holding long torch

Mint and issuing power

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

Lysimachia

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 225 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 198 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.2411.24 g <br />11,240 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Sear I1Sear I, n° 1620, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1495

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ (Greek) Nike left holding wreath and palm.

Mint and issuing power

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

Lysimachia

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 220 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

SNG Copenhagen 9023SNG Copenhagen 902

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
^ SNG Copenhagen 902