2045 - Miletus (AE Apollo/lion) over Miletus (Apollo/lion) (Lanz, ebay, 18 Apr. 2017)
From SILVER
130 BCE - 100 BCE
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Lanz, ebay, 18 Apr. 2017 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Statue of Apollo Didymos standing right, holding stag and bow. In lower right field, monogram. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (Greek) Lion crouching right, head reverted. Above, star. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Miletus | Ancient regionAncient region. | Ionia | 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: |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 130 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 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: 2.872.87 g <br />2,870 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: | Deppert-Lippitz 19841 , Marcellesi 20042 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate head of Apollo right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Name of moneyer (Greek) Lion standing right, head left, star above |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Miletus | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Ionia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 170 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Deppert-Lippitz 19841 , Marcellesi 20042 | ||
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: | "Undertype: Deppert-Lippitz 383-4" |
References
- a b Deppert-Lippitz, Barbara (1984), Die Münzprägung Milets vom vierten bis ersten Jahrhundert v.Chr., Typos 5, Aarau-Francfort-Salzbourg.
- a b Marcellesi, Marie-Christine (2004), Milet des Hécatomnides à la domination romaine : pratiques monétaires et histoire de la cité du IVe au IIe siècle av. J.-C., Mainz am Rhein, Philipp von Zabern, 256 p.