28692 - Lysimachia (Lysimachus) (AE Athena/lion) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (CNG, EA 408, Oct. 2017, 35)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 28692


304 BCE - 281 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
Lysimachia_Classical_Numismatic_Group,_EA_408,_25_Oct._2017,_35.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Cassander lion crouching.jpeg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, EA 408, 25 Oct. 2017, 35

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Lion running right. Below, symbol.
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. 304 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 281 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.456.45 g <br />6,450 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear II1Sear II, n° 6819, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1758

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: KAΣΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Lion crouching right
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Pella Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC), Macedonian kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 317 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Gaebler 19353Gaebler 1935, p. 176, n° 1-2 var., HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 995
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck, likely on an Alexander-type bronze (traces of the lion mane on Herakles' headdress is visible at the edge on the obv.)"

References

  1. ^  Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
  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.
  3. ^  Gaebler, Hugo (1935), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von Theodor Wiegand. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 2. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin
  4. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.