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|Coin series reference=Sear II, n° 6818 | |Coin series reference=Sear II, n° 6818 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=KAΣΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ | |Overstruck reverse legend=KAΣΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ | ||
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305 BCE - 281 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 463 - Uncertain mint over uncertain mint.jpg
Overstruck variety
Cassander lion crouching.jpeg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Helios, 7, 12 Dec. 2011, 248 = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 369, 24 Feb. 2016, 33 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head right, wearing Phrygian helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Trophy. |
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: 4.214.21 g <br />4,210 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 19.519.5 mm <br />1.95 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear II1Sear II, n° 6818 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | KAΣΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Lion crouching right. |
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 19352Gaebler 1935, p. 176, n° 1-2 var., HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 995 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ 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.
