28695 - Lysimachia (Lysimachus) (AE Athena/lion) over Asia Minor (uncertain mint under Macedonian kings) (Alexander III) (Heracles/bowcase & club) (Ebay Numisfitzcoins, 25 Feb. 2023)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 28695


304 BCE - 281 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
Lysimachia_ebay_numiz.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Alexander_bronze_asia_minor.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Ebay seller Numisfitzcoins, 25 Feb. 2023 (info DMD)

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: 5.275.27 g <br />5,270 mg <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.: (Greek) Bow in bow case, club
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Asia Minor (uncertain mint under Macedonian kings) Ancient regionAncient region.  Mysia Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 323 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 310 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Price 19913Price 1991, n° 2800
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: nb: no mention of overstrike

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. ^  Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.