16949 - Amphipolis (Lysimachus) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, 6, Oct. 2020, 108)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16949

288 BCE - 282 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

2391 - Amphipolis (Lysimachus) over uncertain type.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Leu Numismatik, 6, 23 Oct. 2020, lot 108.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the Kleinkunst Collection, ex Bourgey, 4-5 June 1991, lot 89.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ (Greek) Athena seated left, holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her right hand and leaning with her left arm on shield decorated with lion's head, in inner left field and in exergue, monograms

Mint and issuing power

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

Amphipolis

Ancient regionAncient region.

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 288 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 282 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.1517.15 g <br />17,150 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3333 mm <br />3.3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

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Overstruck type

Description

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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

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Additional data

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