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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=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 | ||
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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 | ||
Revision as of 20:47, 24 May 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
Byzantium on Mithridates Eupator - Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101 overstruck variety.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 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Callataÿ 1997a1Callataÿ 1997a, Group 4, p. 127–8, Callataÿ 20132Callataÿ 2013 |
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.
