3047 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over uncertain type (Okray coll. - Arslan 1998, 21)
From SILVER
309 - 220 | ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ
Images
Location/history
| Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | CH 9, 188: Thrace, 1997, no. 387 (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 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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 220 | 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.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.613.61 g <br />3,610 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | M. Arslan, "A hoard of bronze coins of Lysimacheia", in U. Peter (éd.), Stephanos nomismatikos : Edith Schönert-Geiss zum 65. Geburtstag, Berlin, 1998, p. 77-82, no. 21. | 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, no. 914-917., BMC 52BMC 5, O. D. Hoover3O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC - Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 3, Lancaster-London, 2017, no. 1500 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Traces | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ |
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: | ||
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