3399 - Lysimachia (Lysimachus) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena) over Antiochus I (Antiochus/horse) (CNG, MBS 81, May 2009, 206)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3399

281 BCE - 250 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 460 - Lysimachia over uncertain mint.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Antiochus I Ai Khanoum.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 81, 20 May 2009, 206

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, spear behind. In field, monogram. In exergue, monogram.

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:

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 281 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.9216.92 g <br />16,920 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG Berry I1SNG Berry I, n° 403 var. (monogram to outer left rather than exergue), HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n°

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of horse right, with bull horns and flamm.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ (Greek) Elephant right.

Mint and issuing power

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

Sardis

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Lydia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Antiochus I Soter (Seleucid king, 281-261 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 281 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 261 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:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SC I3SC I, n° 322 and 428, Callataÿ - Iossif 20154Callataÿ - Iossif 2015, n° 1
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.322 https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.428

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on uncertain undertype" (nb: identified and published by Callataÿ - Iossif 2015)

References

^ Berry, Burton Y. (1961), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. The Burton Y. Berry Collection. Part I: Macedonia to Attica, New York, The American Numismatic Society.
^ 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.
^ Callataÿ, François de - Iossif, Panagiotis (2015), "Un tétradrachme de Lysimaque surfrappé sur une pièce d’Antiochos Ier à Sardes", Revue numismatique 172, p. 235- sur une pièce d’Ant242.