3399 - Lysimachia (Lysimachus) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena) over Antiochus I (Antiochus/horse) (CNG, MBS 81, May 2009, 206)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 3399

281 BCE - 250 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 460 - Lysimachia over uncertain mint.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 81, 20 May 2009, 206 = Berk, BBS 233, 30 Oct. 2025, n° 238
Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	MacDonald coll.

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Head of deified Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem.

Reverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Athena enthroned left, holding Nike in right hand, left elbow resting on shield, spear behind. In field, monogram. In exergue, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Lysimachia

Ancient region

Thrace

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC)

Chronology

From 281 BCE to 250 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Silver	Weight in grams: 16.9216.92 g <br />16,920 mg <br />	Denomination: tetradrachm	Axis: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
		Standard: Attic

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.]]1SNG Berry I, n° 403 var. (monogram to outer left rather than exergue), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.2, n°

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Head of horse right, with bull horns and flamm.

Reverse:

BΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ (Greek) Elephant right.

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Sardis

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Lydia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority ^ᵖ:

Antiochus I Soter (Seleucid king, 281-261 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

Chronology

From 281 BCE to 261 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

Standard ^ᵖ:

Attic

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.]]3SC I, n° 322 and 428, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Callataÿ - Iossif 2015, n° 1
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.322 https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.428

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:	"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."

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.