17342 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Berlin, MK, 18221899)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 17342

250 BCE - 220 BCE | ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ

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Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collection:	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Münzkabinett, 18221899, 1900 Imhoof-Blumer
Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer coll.

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse:

ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ (Greek) Nike left holding wreath and palm

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Lysimachia

Ancient region

Thrace

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From 250 BCE to 220 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 3.933.93 g <br />3,930 mg <br />		Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />

References

Coin reference:

Coin series reference:

"[[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 (Greek) 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.]]2HGC 9, n° 253, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3SC 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.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2009), Handbook of ancient Syrian coins : royal and civic issues, fourth to first centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage 9, Lancaster, lxix, 332 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.