28703 - Adramyteum (Agathocles) (AE Agathocles/wreath) over uncertain type (Concordia Numismatics, 4, May 2023, 61)
From SILVER
295 BCE - 284 BCE | ΑΓ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Concordia Numismatics, 4, 12 May 2023, 61 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head of Agathokles to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΓ (Greek) Laurel wreath |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Adramyteum | Ancient regionAncient region. | Mysia | 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: | Agathocles, son of Lysimachus |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 295 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 284 BCE | 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.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.553.55 g <br />3,550 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 20.220.2 mm <br />2.02 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Tekin 20091Tekin 2009, Series 2 |
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: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | nb: no mention of overstrike | ||
References
- ^ Tekin, Oğus (2009), "A Hellenistic hoard of Lysimachean bronze coins with Tyche and lion type," in Oğuz Tekin and Aliye Erol (eds.), Ancient history, numismatics and epigraphy in the Mediterranean world : studies in memory of Clemens E. Bosch and Sabahat Atlan and in honour of Nezahat Baydur, Istanbul, Ege, p. 357-364.
