3599 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over uncertain type (Okray coll. - Arslan 1998, 13)

250 BCE - 220 BCE | ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ

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Overstriking coin

Location/history


Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Cafer S. Okray coll.	Archaeological context:	CH 9, 188: Thrace, 1997, no. 379 (appeared on market in Istanbul, purchased by a dealer from Ankara, then purchased by the collector Cafer S. Okray).

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.

Reverse:

ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ (Greek) Nike left holding wreath and palm.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Lysimachia

Ancient region

Thrace

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From 250 BCE to 220 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 3.283.28 g <br />3,280 mg <br />		Axis: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
Diameter: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />

References

Coin reference:

Arslan 1998, p. 77-82, n° 13

Coin series reference:

"[[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° 13, "[[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

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:
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References

^ 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.