85 BCE - 75 BCE | ZMVPNAIΩN - ΦANHΣ MA/TPΩNOΣ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Turreted head of Tyche right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ZMVPNAIΩN - ΦANHΣ MA/TPΩNOΣ (Greek) Lion standing right, raising its left forepaw, all within oak wreath
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Smyrna
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Ionia
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 BCE
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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: 13.7813.78 g <br />13,780 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Diademed head of Mithradates right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ZMYPNAIΩN - EPMOΓΕΝΗΣ - ΦΡΙΞΟΣ (Greek) Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 88 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Milne, Joseph Grafton (1927), “The Autonomous coinage of Smyrna,” The Numismatic Chronicle, ser. 5, Vol. 3 (1923), p. 1-30, pls. I-II Vol. 7 (1927), p. 1-107, pls. I-V Vol. 8 (1928), p. 131-171, pls. VII-VIII
- ^ Head, V. Barclay (1892), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. XIV : Ionia, London, The Trustees, p. 453, pl. XXXIX.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
