3591 - Lysimachia (Lysimachus) (AE Athena/lion) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (MacDonald coll., 66)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3591

305 BCE - 281 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 464 - Uncertain mint over uncertain mint.jpg

Overstruck variety

Cassander lion crouching.jpeg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

464 Cassander (drawing).jpg

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 66

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Lion running right. Below, symbol.

Mint and issuing power

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

Lysimachia

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. 305 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 281 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: 4.244.24 g <br />4,240 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

MacDonald 2009, p. 88-89, n° 66

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Sear II1Sear II, n° 6819, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1758

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin (visible: top and back of lion skin).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KAΣΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Lion crouching right. In field, perhaps monogram (visible: hind feet of lion, exergue line).

Mint and issuing power

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

Pella

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 317 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	Gaebler 19353Gaebler 1935, p. 176, n° 1-2 var., HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 995
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cassander.amng.iii.2.1-2

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: