16892 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Lanz, eBay, May 2020)

"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1HGC 3.2, n° 1500

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath

Reverse:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY (Tripod) Tripod above anchor

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Sardis

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Lydia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority ^ᵖ:

Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Antiochus II Theos (Seleucid king, 261-246 BC)

Chronology

From 261 BCE to 246 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

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.]]2SC I, n° 525
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.525?lang=en

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:

References

^ 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.
^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.