28703 - Adramyteum (Agathocles) (AE Agathocles/wreath) over uncertain type (Concordia Numismatics, 4, May 2023, 61)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 28703

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	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.