3063 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (MacDonald coll.)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3063

250 BCE - 220 BCE | ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 359 - Lysimachia over uncertain mint.png

Overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ (Greek) Nike left holding wreath and palm.

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:

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

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.984.98 g <br />4,980 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HGC 3.21HGC 3.2, n° 1500

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath (visible: top of Apollo's head).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY (Greek) Tripod above anchor. Two monograms. (visible: top and right side of tripod).

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:

Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Antiochus II Theos (Seleucid king, 261-246 BC)

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

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SC I2SC I, n° 525
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.525?lang=en

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: