3658 - Byzantium (Lysimachus) (Alexander/Athena) over Aesillas (Alexander/club) (Berlin, MK, 18267441)

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90 BCE - 75 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΚΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
Byzantium 461 over Aesillas.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Aesillas.jpg
Location/history
Museum collection: Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen, 18267441 (Aufnahme durch Lutz-Jürgen Lübke - Lübke und Wiedemann).

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.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Byzantium Ancient region Thrace Modern country: Turkey Authority: Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC)
Chronology
From 90 BCE to 75 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 16.3116.31 g <br />16,310 mg <br /> Denomination: tetradrachm Nomisma.org Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 3131 mm <br />3.1 cm <br /> Standard: Attic
References
Coin reference: Thompson 1973, pl. A.1, Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 1 Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Thompson 1973, pl. A.1, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Callataÿ 1997a, 122 D7/R4 Taf. 36 C (dieses Stück), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Bauslaugh 2000, 92-94 Taf. 14 (dieses Stück, Untertyp des Aesillas datiert vor ca. 89-84 v. Chr), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 1
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Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: MAKEΔONΩΝ (Greek) Head of Alexander the Great right. Reverse: AESILLAS (Latin) Fiscus, club and subsellium. All within oak wreath.
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Thessalonica Ancient region ᵖ Macedon Modern country: Greece Authority ᵖ: Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC), Roman province of Macedonia
Chronology
From 95 BCE to 70 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Denomination ᵖ: tetradrachm Nomisma.org Standard ᵖ: Attic
References
Coin type reference ᵖ:
Additional data

References

  1. ^  Thompson, Margaret (1973), "Byzantium over Aesillas", Revue Numismatique 6 (15), p. 54-65.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Bauslaugh, Robert A. (2000), Silver coinage with the types of Aesillas the Quaestor, Numismatic Studies 22, New York.
  4. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Vladimir Stolba (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.