Overstriking coinByzantium on Mithridates Eupator - Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101.jpg
Overstruck varietyByzantium on Mithridates Eupator - Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101 overstruck variety.jpg Traces of the overstruck varietyByzantium on Mithridates (drawing) 2340.jpg
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛYΣΙΜΑΧΟY (Greek) Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background, monogram to inner left, BY below throne, ornate trident in exergue
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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:
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime 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: 16.2616.26 g <br />16,260 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3636 mm <br />3.6 cm <br />
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
Diademed head right
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ (Greek) Stag grazing left, to left, star-in-crescent above monogram, to right, (date) above monogram, (month) in exergue, all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.ᵖ:
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 96 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 80 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.ᵖ:
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
