CH 9, 188: Thrace, 1997, no. 342 (appeared on market in Istanbul, purchased by a dealer from Ankara, then purchased by the collector Cafer S. Okray ; this coin was purchased separately).
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ (Greek) Nike left holding wreath and palm.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 220 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime 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: 3.793.79 g <br />3,790 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 18.518.5 mm <br />1.85 cm <br />
"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Arslan 1998, p. 77-82, n° 22, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Arslan 1999, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.2, n° 1500
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:
^Arslan, Melih (1998), "A hoard of bronze coins of Lysimachia", in Ulrike Peter (ed.), Stephanos nomismatikos : Edith Schönert-Geiss zum 65. Geburtstag, Berlin, p. 77-82.
^Arslan, Melih (1999), "A Hoard of Bronze Coins of Lysimachia," Belleten, 63/237, p. 403-410.
^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.
periodTime period of the numismatic object.
