3541 - Tomis (Lysimachus) (AU Alexander/Athena) over Lysimachus (Goldberg, 45, May 2008, 1261)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 3541

100 BCE - 85 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Gold Alexander the Great diadem Athena Nike.jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Ira & Larry Goldberg, 28, 20 Feb. 2005, 649 = Ira & Larry Goldberg, 45, 25 May 2008, 1261 = Heritage sale signature, 3006, 10 Sept. 2009, 20049

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. On throne, TO. Beneath arm, ΛΥ. In exergue, trident.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Tomis

Ancient region

Thrace

Modern country: Romania

Authority:

Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC), Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom

Chronology

From 100 BCE to 85 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Gold	Weight in grams: 8.288.28 g <br />8,280 mg <br />	Denomination: stater
		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.]]1Callataÿ 1997a, p. 141-142, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.2, n° 1931

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing diadem.

Reverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Athena enthroned left, holding Nike, left hand on shield.

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Modern country:

Authority ^ᵖ:

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

Chronology

From 150 BCE to 85 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

stater

Standard ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:	"Overstruck on earlier Mithradatic Tomis issue" (nb: or another late posthumous Lysimachus - but not a double strike)

References

^ 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.
^ 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.