3255 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Okray coll. - Arslan 1998, 14)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3255

309 BCE - 220 BCE | ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 343 - Lysimachia over Lysimachia.png

Location/history


	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	CH 9, 188: Thrace, 1997, no. 380 (appeared on market in Istanbul, purchased by a dealer from Ankara, then purchased by the collector Cafer S. Okray).

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ (Greek) Nike left holding wreath and palm.

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 309 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 220 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: 4.14.1 g <br />4,100 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1515 mm <br />1.5 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Arslan 1998, p. 77-82, n° 14.

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° 914-917., BMC 52BMC 5, HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1500

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Overstrike, with two superimposed heads (of both subtype I and II) with different axis.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Countermark: dolphin (vertical with head at top), below, at bottom 1. edge: anchor.

Mint and issuing power

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

Lysimachia

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Thrace

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:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals
^ BMC 5
^ 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.