Byzantium

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 150

The mint at the ancient site of Byzantium in Thrace.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Byzantium, silver, drachms (411-387/6 BCE)		Silver	108,717 kg
Byzantium, silver, hemidrachms (411-387/6 BCE)		Silver	80,735 kg
Byzantium, silver, trihemiobols (411-387/6 BCE)		Silver	6,780 kg
AC 119a - Byzantium, silver, hemiobols (411-387/6 BCE)		Silver	287 kg
AC 124 - Byzantium, bronze, NC, 400-340 BC		Bronze
AC 123b - Byzantium, bronze (400-340 BCE)		Bronze
AC 123 - Byzantium, bronze (bull/trident) (400-340 BCE)		Bronze
AC 120 - Byzantium, silver, tetradrachms (357-340 BCE)		Silver	73,169 kg
AC 121 - Byzantium, silver, drachms (357-340 BCE)		Silver	11,812 kg
AC 122 - Byzantium, silver, hemidrachms (357-340 BCE)		Silver	18,778 kg
H 72 - Byzantium, bronze, NC, 300-200 BC		Bronze
H 198b - Calchedon and Byzantium, bronze (300-200 BCE)		Bronze
H 197 - Calchedon and Byzantium, bronze (Demeter/Poseidon) (300-200 BCE)		Bronze
H 70 - Byzantium, bronze, NC, 300-200 BC		Bronze
H 69 - Byzantium, bronze, NC, 300-200 BC		Bronze
H 72a - Byzantium, bronze, NC		Bronze
H 71 - Byzantium, bronze, NC, 300-200 BC		Bronze
H 198a - Calchedon and Byzantium, bronze (300-200 BCE)		Bronze
H 198 - Calchedon and Byzantium, bronze (Apollo/tripod) (300-200 BCE)		Bronze
H 68 - Byzantium, bronze, NC, 300-200 BC		Bronze
H 66 - Byzantium, silver, tetradrachm, 250-220/19 BC		Silver	10,613 kg
H 67 - Byzantium, silver, octobols (250-220/19 BCE)		Silver	2,417 kg
Byzantium, silver, tetradrachms (types of Lysimachus) (120-72 BCE)		Silver	107,887 kg
Byzantium, gold, staters (types of Lysimachus) (120-72 BCE)		Gold	27,989 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
3225 - Byzantium (Lysimachus) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, MBS 61, Sept. 2002, 544)		Silver	280 BC JL
24148 - Byzantium - Chalcedon (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 555, Feb. 2024, 54)		Bronze	220 BC JL
16852 - Byzantium - Chalcedon (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 521, 3 Aug. 2022, 39)		Bronze	220 BC JL
3658 - Byzantium (Lysimachus) (Alexander/Athena) over Aesillas (Alexander/club) (Berlin, MK, 18267441)		Silver	90 BC JL
1212 - Byzantium (Lysimachus) (Alexander/Athena) over Mithridates Eupator (Mithridates/stag) (CNG, 93, May 2013, 101)		Silver	85 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
3261 - Thasos (tetradrachm Dionysus/Heracles) over Byzantium (Lysimachus) (Alexander/Athena) (Kress, 140, Aug. 1967, 27)		Silver	100 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	byzantium
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Byzantium in Thrace.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	520985
Ancient regionAncient region.	Thrace Nomisma: thrace
Modern countryModern country	Turkey
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	41° 0' 44.06" N, 28° 58' 33.66" E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Byzantium https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520985 http://sws.geonames.org/8801409/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x101215 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002473

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Literature

• Callataÿ 1997a
• Callataÿ 2013
• Delrieux 2000
• Morrisson 1988
• Schönert-Geiss 1970
• Turkoglu 2014

Authors

• François de Callataÿ
• Fabrice Delrieux
• Cécile Morrisson
• Edith Schönert-Geiss
• Henri Seyrig
• Warwick William Wroth

manque lien "Thrace" sur Stoa.Pleiades

One of the two metallic pieces that are used to strike a coin, one per each side.

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