3591 - Lysimachia (Lysimachus) (AE Athena/lion) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (MacDonald coll., 66)
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| ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | David MacDonald collection |
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.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | Uncertain area | Modern countryModern country: unknown | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
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: | SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals1SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, n° 1149-1157 |
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: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC) |
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: | Gaebler 19352Gaebler 1935, p. 176, n° 1-2. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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