17345 - Lysimachia (AE Demeter/Nike) over uncertain type (Berlin, MK, 18221905)

From SILVER


245 BCE - 225 BCE | ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Lysimachia 2417 Berlin.jpg [1]
Location/history
Museum collection: Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Münzkabinett, 18221905, Gustav Friedrich Waagen – 1843

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Demeter right, wearing corn wreath and veil Reverse: ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ (Greek) Nike left holding wreath and palm
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Lysimachia Ancient region Thrace Modern country: Turkey Authority:
Chronology
From 245 BCE to 225 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 5.615.61 g <br />5,610 mg <br /> Axis: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
Diameter: 2525 mm <br />2.5 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.]]1Sear I, n° 1621, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.2, n° 1497

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Reverse:
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Ancient region ᵖ Modern country: Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From to period
Physical description
References
Coin type reference ᵖ:

References

  1. ^  Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
  2. ^  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.