30387 - Smyrna (AE Tyche/lion) over Smyrna (Mithridates/Nike) (CNG, EA 590, July 2025, 216)

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85 BCE - 75 BCE | ZMVPNAIΩN - ΦANHΣ MA/TPΩNOΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
Smyrna_CNG_July_2025_216.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Smyrna Mithridates.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Classical Numismatic Group, EA 590, 2 July 2025, 216

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Turreted head of Tyche right Reverse: ZMVPNAIΩN - ΦANHΣ MA/TPΩNOΣ (Greek) Lion standing right, raising its left forepaw, all within oak wreath
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Smyrna Ancient region Ionia Modern country: Turkey Authority:
Chronology
From 85 BCE to 75 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 13.3013.3 g <br />13,300 mg <br /> Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />
References
Coin reference: Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Milne 1927, p. 102, 345
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Diademed head of Mithradates right Reverse: ZMYPNAIΩN - EPMOΓΕΝΗΣ - ΦΡΙΞΟΣ (Greek) Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm frond
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Smyrna Ancient region ᵖ Ionia Modern country: Turkey Authority ᵖ: Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom
Chronology
From 88 BCE to 85 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
References
Coin type reference ᵖ: "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2BMC Ionia, n° 118, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Callataÿ 1997a, p. 293, pl. 51, P–Q
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidence: sure
Remarks: "overstruck on earlier issue of Smyrna struck under Mithradates VI Eupator (Milne 340)"

References

  1. ^  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
  2. ^  Head, V. Barclay (1892), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. XIV : Ionia, London, The Trustees, p. 453, pl. XXXIX.
  3. ^  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.