3342 - Lysimachia (AE Demeter/Nike) over Lysimachia (Demeter/legend) (M&M, 17, Oct. 2005, 452))

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3342

245 BCE - 225 BCE | ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 333 - Lysimachia over Lysimachia.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Münzen und Medaillen, 17, 4 Oct. 2005, 452

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Demeter right, wearing corn wreath and veil.

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. 245 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 225 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: 6.036.03 g <br />6,030 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Sear I1Sear I, n° 1621, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1497

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Demeter right, wearing corn wreath and veil

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ (Greek) Legend in wreath

Mint and issuing power

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

Lysimachia

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 309 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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1498

Additional data

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

References

^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
a b 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.