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|Image overstruck variety=Cassander lion crouching.jpeg | |Image overstruck variety=Cassander lion crouching.jpeg | ||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=68867&AucID=74&Lot=83 | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=68867&AucID=74&Lot=83 | ||
|Private collection=David MacDonald collection | |Private collection=David MacDonald collection, n° 66 | ||
|Obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet. | |Obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet. | ||
|Reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ | |Reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ | ||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |Reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Reverse description=Lion running right. Below, symbol. | |Reverse description=Lion running right. Below, symbol. | ||
|Mint= | |Mint=Lysimachia | ||
|Ancient region= | |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) | ||
|Date from=305 BCE | |||
|Date to=281 BCE | |||
|Period=Hellenistic | |||
|Metal=Bronze | |Metal=Bronze | ||
|Weight=4.24 | |Weight=4.24 | ||
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|Axis=2 | |Axis=2 | ||
|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 88-89, n° 66 | |Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 88-89, n° 66 | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Coin series reference=Sear II, n° 6819; HGC 3.2, n° 1758 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin (visible: top and back of lion skin). | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin (visible: top and back of lion skin). | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend= | |Overstruck reverse legend=KAΣΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Lion crouching right. In field, perhaps monogram (visible: hind feet of lion, exergue line). | |Overstruck reverse description=Lion crouching right. In field, perhaps monogram (visible: hind feet of lion, exergue line). | ||
|Overstruck authority=Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC) | |Overstruck mint=Pella | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler 1935, p. 176, n° 1-2. | |Overstruck ancient region=Macedon | ||
|Overstruck authority=Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC); Macedonian kingdom | |||
|Overstruck date from=317 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=305 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler 1935, p. 176, n° 1-2 var.; HGC 3.1, n° 995 | |||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cassander.amng.iii.2.1-2 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
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Revision as of 16:40, 3 June 2023
305 BCE - 281 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 464 - Uncertain mint over uncertain mint.jpg
Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
Cassander lion crouching.jpeg [1]
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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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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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.
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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: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
- ^ Gaebler, Hugo (1935), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von Theodor Wiegand. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 2. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
