3642 - Lysimachia (AE Heracles/Nike) over Antiochus II (Apollo/tripod) (Okray coll. - Arslan 1998, 4)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 3642

250 BCE - 220 BCE | ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΕΩΝ

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Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Cafer S. Okray coll.	Archaeological context:	CH 9, 188: Thrace, 1997, n° 370 (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: 4.274.27 g <br />4,270 mg <br />		Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 16.516.5 mm <br />1.65 cm <br />

References

Coin reference:

Arslan 1998, p. 77-82, n° 4.

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° 4, "[[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

Obverse:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath

Reverse:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY (Greek) Tripod above anchor.

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Sardis

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Lydia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority ^ᵖ:

Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Antiochus II Theos (Seleucid king, 261-246 BC)

Chronology

From 261 BCE to 246 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

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.]]4SC I, n° 525
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.525?lang=en

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:	strong
Remarks:

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.
^ 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.