3541 - Tomis (Lysimachus) (AU Alexander/Athena) over Lysimachus (Goldberg, 45, May 2008, 1261)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3541

100 BCE - 85 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 456 - Tomis over Tomis.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Gold Alexander the Great diadem Athena Nike.jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Ira & Larry Goldberg, 28, 20 Feb. 2005, 649 = Ira & Larry Goldberg, 45, 25 May 2008, 1261 = Heritage sale signature, 3006, 10 Sept. 2009, 20049

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of deified Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Athena enthroned left, holding Nike in right hand, left elbow resting on shield. On throne, TO. Beneath arm, ΛΥ. In exergue, trident.

Mint and issuing power

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

Tomis

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Romania

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), 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. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Gold	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.288.28 g <br />8,280 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Callataÿ 1997a1Callataÿ 1997a, p. 141-142, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1931

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Athena enthroned left, holding Nike, left hand on shield.

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:

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 150 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 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:

stater

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on earlier Mithradatic Tomis issue" (nb: or another late posthumous Lysimachus - but not a double strike)

References

^ 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.
^ 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.