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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 |
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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 |
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