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|Museum collection=Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen. | |Image overstriking coin=Byzantium 461 over Aesillas.jpg | ||
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?lang=de&id=18267441&view=rs | |||
|Image overstruck variety=Aesillas.jpg | |||
|Museum collection=Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen, 18267441 (Aufnahme durch Lutz-Jürgen Lübke - Lübke und Wiedemann). | |||
|Obverse description=Head of deified Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem. | |Obverse description=Head of deified Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem. | ||
|Reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ | |Reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ | ||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Reverse description=Athena enthroned left, holding Nike in right hand, left elbow resting on shield, spear behind. In field, monogram. | |Reverse description=Athena enthroned left, holding Nike in right hand, left elbow resting on shield, spear behind. In field, monogram. | ||
|Mint=Byzantium | |Mint=Byzantium | ||
|Ancient region=Thrace | |Ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Authority=Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC) | |Authority=Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC) | ||
|Denomination= | |Date from=90 BCE | ||
|Coin reference= | |Date to=75 BCE | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |||
|Weight=16.31 | |||
|Diameter=31 | |||
|Axis=12 | |||
|Denomination=tetradrachm | |||
|Standard=Attic | |||
|Coin reference=Thompson 1973, pl. A.1; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 1 | |||
|Coin series reference=Thompson 1973, pl. A.1; Callataÿ 1997a, 122 D7/R4 Taf. 36 C (dieses Stück); Bauslaugh 2000, 92-94 Taf. 14 (dieses Stück, Untertyp des Aesillas datiert vor ca. 89-84 v. Chr); Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 1 | |||
|Coin series web reference=https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?lang=de&id=18267441&view=rs | |||
|Overstruck obverse legend=MAKEΔONΩΝ | |Overstruck obverse legend=MAKEΔONΩΝ | ||
|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Alexander the Great right. | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Alexander the Great right. | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=AESILLAS | |Overstruck reverse legend=AESILLAS | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Latin | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Fiscus, club and subsellium. All within oak wreath. | |Overstruck reverse description=Fiscus, club and subsellium. All within oak wreath. | ||
|Overstruck mint=Thessalonica | |||
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon | |Overstruck ancient region=Macedon | ||
|Overstruck authority=Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC) ; Roman province of Macedonia | |Overstruck authority=Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC); Roman province of Macedonia | ||
|Overstruck date from=95 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=70 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 19:16, 15 November 2023
90 BCE - 75 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
Byzantium 461 over Aesillas.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Aesillas.jpg
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen, 18267441 (Aufnahme durch Lutz-Jürgen Lübke - Lübke und Wiedemann). | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of deified Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Athena enthroned left, holding Nike in right hand, left elbow resting on shield, spear behind. In field, monogram. |
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. 90 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 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: 16.3116.31 g <br />16,310 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).: 3131 mm <br />3.1 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Thompson 1973, pl. A.1, Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 1 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Thompson 19731Thompson 1973, pl. A.1, Callataÿ 1997a2Callataÿ 1997a, 122 D7/R4 Taf. 36 C (dieses Stück), Bauslaugh 20003Bauslaugh 2000, 92-94 Taf. 14 (dieses Stück, Untertyp des Aesillas datiert vor ca. 89-84 v. Chr), Callataÿ 2021a4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 1 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | MAKEΔONΩΝ (Greek) Head of Alexander the Great right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AESILLAS (Latin) Fiscus, club and subsellium. All within oak wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Thessalonica | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC), Roman province of Macedonia |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 95 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
| 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: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1973), "Byzantium over Aesillas", Revue Numismatique 6 (15), p. 54-65.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bauslaugh, Robert A. (2000), Silver coinage with the types of Aesillas the Quaestor, Numismatic Studies 22, New York.
- ^ 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.
