281 BCE - 250 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ
Overstriking coin
SO 460 - Lysimachia over uncertain mint.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Antiochus I Ai Khanoum.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 81, 20 May 2009, 206 = Berk, BBS 233, 30 Oct. 2025, n° 238
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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MacDonald coll.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of deified Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Athena enthroned left, holding Nike in right hand, left elbow resting on shield, spear behind. In field, monogram. In exergue, monogram.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 281 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 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.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.9216.92 g <br />16,920 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of horse right, with bull horns and flamm.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ (Greek) Elephant right.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 281 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 261 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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exceptional
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Overstruck on uncertain undertype" (nb: identified and published by Callataÿ - Iossif 2015); Berk: "Overstruck. This coin was published by de Callatay and Iossif in Revue Numismatique 172 (2015,) where the authors suggest the host coin was a rare issue of Antiochus I from Sardes. in his notes, Prof. MacDonald suggests that the undertype is a much more common tetradrachm of Antiochus I from the Ai Khanoum mint with a horned horse head reverse."
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References
- ^ Berry, Burton Y. (1961), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. The Burton Y. Berry Collection. Part I: Macedonia to Attica, New York, The American Numismatic Society.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de - Iossif, Panagiotis (2015), "Un tétradrachme de Lysimaque surfrappé sur une pièce d’Antiochos Ier à Sardes", Revue numismatique 172, p. 235- sur une pièce d’Ant242.
