250 BCE - 220 BCE | ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ
Overstriking coin
SO 355 - Lysimachia over Sardis?.jpg
Overstruck variety
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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. To left, monogram.
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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: 3.323.32 g <br />3,320 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 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: eye, nose, mouth, ear).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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(BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ) ANTIO(XOY) (Greek) Tripod above anchor. In outer left field, part of monogram. In outer right field, two additional monograms (visible: tripod, 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
References
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.
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