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|Image overstriking coin=Byzantium on Mithridates Eupator - Classical Numismatic Group,93,22 May 2013,101.jpg | |Image overstriking coin=Byzantium on Mithridates Eupator - Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101.jpg | ||
|Image overstruck variety=Byzantium on Mithridates Eupator - Classical Numismatic Group,93,22 May 2013,101 overstruck variety.jpg | |Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=Byzantium on Mithridates (drawing) 2340.jpg | ||
|Image overstruck variety=Byzantium on Mithridates Eupator - Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101 overstruck variety.jpg | |||
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101 | |Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101 | ||
|Obverse description=Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon | |Obverse description=Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon | ||
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|Reverse description=Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background; monogram to inner left, BY below throne, ornate trident in exergue | |Reverse description=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=Byzantium | |Mint=Byzantium | ||
|Date from=85 | |Ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Date to=70 | |Authority=Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC) | ||
|Date from=85 BCE | |||
|Date to=70 BCE | |||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
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|Diameter=36 | |Diameter=36 | ||
|Axis=12 | |Axis=12 | ||
|Denomination= | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Standard=Attic | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin reference=Callataÿ 2013 | |Coin reference=Callataÿ 2013; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 2 | ||
|Coin series reference=Callataÿ 1997a, Group 4, p. 127–8; Callataÿ 2013 | |Coin series reference=Callataÿ 1997a, Group 4, p. 127–8; Callataÿ 2013; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 2 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Diademed head right | |Overstruck obverse description=Diademed head right | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ | |Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ | ||
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|Overstruck mint=Sinope | |Overstruck mint=Sinope | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Pontus | |Overstruck ancient region=Pontus | ||
|Overstruck authority=Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC) | |Overstruck authority=Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC); Pontic kingdom | ||
|Overstruck date from=96 | |Overstruck date from=96 BCE | ||
|Overstruck date to=80 | |Overstruck date to=80 BCE | ||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |Overstruck period=Hellenistic | ||
|Overstruck denomination= | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |Overstruck standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Callataÿ 1997a | |Coin series reference overstruck=Callataÿ 1997a | ||
Latest revision as of 19:17, 15 November 2023
85 BCE - 70 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛYΣΙΜΑΧΟY
Images
Overstriking coin
Byzantium on Mithridates Eupator - Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101.jpg
Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
Byzantium on Mithridates Eupator - Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101 overstruck variety.jpg
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Byzantium on Mithridates (drawing) 2340.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| 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.: | Byzantium | 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. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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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
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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 /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 2013, Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 2 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Callataÿ 1997a1Callataÿ 1997a, Group 4, p. 127–8, Callataÿ 20132Callataÿ 2013, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 2 |
Overstruck type
Description
| 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: | Sinope | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Pontus | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom |
Chronology
| 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 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Callataÿ 1997a1Callataÿ 1997a |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | Unique so far. | ||
References
- a b Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2013), “Byzantion over Mithradates Eupator. How the Pontic king paid his Thracian mercenaries after the treaty of Dardanos”, Notae Numismaticae (Krakow), 8, p. 95-104.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Bernhard Weisser (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.
