4235 - Lampsacus (tetrobol Athena/Pegasus) over Lampsacus (Janiform head/Athena) (VCoins, Aug. 2021)
From SILVER
400 BC - 200 BC | ΛΑΜ
Images
Overstruck variety

SO 62 - Lampsacus over uncertain mint (Naumann, 3 June 2018, 162) overstruck variety.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | London Ancient Coins on VCoins website (info DMD: August 2021) | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΛΑΜ (Greek) Forepart of Pegasos right. Below, grain ear |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Lampsacus | Ancient regionAncient region. | Mysia | 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: |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BC toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BC | Classical and Hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.032.03 g <br />2,030 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br /> | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1515 mm <br />1.5 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Paris Mysia1SNG Paris Mysia, no. 1211-3 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Janiform female heads | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΛΑΜ (Greek) Helmeted head of Athena right, serpent on bowl |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Lampsacus | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Mysia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG Paris Mysia1SNG Paris Mysia, 1177-8, SNG von Aulock Mysien2SNG von Aulock Mysien, 1293 | ||
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: | strong |
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- a b Levante, Edoardo (2001), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques : Mysie, Paris-Zürich, Bibliothèque nationale de France-Numismatica Ars Classica, XL + 131 pl.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Sammlung v. Aulock. Mysien. 4 Heft. Nr. 1050-1438, Berlin, 1957