100 BCE - 70 BCE | ΛΑΜΨΑ – ΚΗΝΩΝ / ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ / ΜΕΙΚΑΛΟΥ
Overstriking coin Lampsacus_2519_tetradrachm.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Leu, 9 May 1973, 205
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Priapos right, wearing ivy wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΛΑΜΨΑ – ΚΗΝΩΝ / ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ / ΜΕΙΚΑΛΟΥ (Greek) Apollo Kitharoidos standing r., wearing long robes and holding lyre in his l. hand, his r. at his side, below, in inner l. field, monogram and in inner r., bow and arrow
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Lampsacus
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Troas
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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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:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Ellis-Evans, Aneurin (2020), "The late Hellenistic tetradrachms of Parion and Lampsakos," American Journal of Numismatics, 32, p. 93-125.