17390 - Lysimachia (Lysimachus) (AE helmeted head/trophy) over uncertain type (Berk, BBS 222, March 2023, 120)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 17390

305 BCE - 281 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Berk, BBS 222, 23 March 2023, 120

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head right, wearing Phrygian helmet

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Trophy

Mint and issuing power

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

Lysimachia

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 305 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 281 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.485.48 g <br />5,480 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Sear II, n° 6818

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762