1212 - Byzantium (Lysimachus) (Alexander/Athena) over Mithridates Eupator (Mithridates/stag) (CNG, 93, May 2013, 101)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 1212

85 BCE - 70 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛYΣΙΜΑΧΟY

Images

Overstriking coin

Byzantium on Mithridates Eupator - Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101.jpg

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Byzantium on Mithridates (drawing) 2340.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, 93, 22 May 2013, 101

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon

Reverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛYΣΙΜΑΧΟY (Greek) Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background, monogram to inner left, BY below throne, ornate trident in exergue

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Byzantium

Ancient region

Thrace

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC)

Chronology

From 85 BCE to 70 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Silver	Weight in grams: 16.2616.26 g <br />16,260 mg <br />	Denomination: tetradrachm	Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 3636 mm <br />3.6 cm <br />		Standard: Attic

References

Coin reference:

Callataÿ 2013, Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 2

Coin series reference:

"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Callataÿ 1997a, Group 4, p. 127–8, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Callataÿ 2013, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 280, n° 2

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Diademed head right

Reverse:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ MIΘPAΔATOY EYΠATOPOΣ (Greek) Stag grazing left, to left, star-in-crescent above monogram, to right, (date) above monogram, (month) in exergue, all within Dionysiac wreath of ivy and fruit

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Sinope

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Pontus

Modern country: Turkey

Authority ^ᵖ:

Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom

Chronology

From 96 BCE to 80 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

Standard ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:

"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Callataÿ 1997a

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:	Unique so far.

References

a b Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
^ Callataÿ, François de (2013), “Byzantion over Mithradates Eupator. How the Pontic king paid his Thracian mercenaries after the treaty of Dardanos”, Notae Numismaticae (Krakow), 8, p. 95-104.
^ Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Vladimir Stolba (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.