3543 - Alexandria Troas (AE Apollo/lyra) over Pergamum (Asclepius/snake) (Peus, 313, May 1985, 92)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3543

197 BCE - 188 BCE | AΛ

Images

Overstriking coin

Alexandria_Troas_Peus, _313, _13_May_1985, _92.jpg

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Peus, 313, 13 May 1985, 92

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing a laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΛ (Greek) Lyra

Mint and issuing power

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

Alexandria Troas

Ancient regionAncient region.

Troas

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. 197 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 188 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: 7.967.96 g <br />7,960 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Asklepios right, wearing a laurel wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ (Greek) Raised snake on omphalos

Mint and issuing power

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

Pergamum

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Mysia

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. 200 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

BMC Mysia1BMC Mysia, n° 158, SNG Paris Mysia2SNG Paris Mysia, n° 1813-1814

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
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