24729 - Lycia (uncertain mint) (Mithrapata) (stater - lion/Mithrapata) over uncertain type (Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3114, Jan. 2024, 33148)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 24729

390 BCE - 370 BCE | MITHRAPATA

Images

Overstriking coin

24729_-_Lycia_(uncertain_mint)_(Mithrapata).jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3114, 16 Jan. 2024, 33148 = Stack's Bowers and Ponterio, NYINC Auction, 11 Jan. 2018, 21038 = Triton, XVIII, 6 Jan. 2015, 684 = Classical Numismatic Group, 60, 22 May 2002, 839 = Spink, 155, 3 Oct. 2001, 26.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Facing lion scalp

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MITHRAPATA (Greek) Head of Mithrapata left and triskeles to lower right

Mint and issuing power

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

Lycia (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Lycia

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:

Mithrapata (dynast of Lycia c. 390-370 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 390 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 370 BCE

Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.779.77 g <br />9,770 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mildenberg 19651Mildenberg 1965, A.7-12
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mithrapata lycia mildenberg 1965 a.7-12

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:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck (as usual for issue)."