3707 - Alyz(e)ia (AE Heracles/bow, club and quiver) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Paris, BnF, L 2306)

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400 BCE - 300 BCE | AΛΥZAΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Kremydi_3_bnf.png [1]
Overstruck variety
Ref_philippe.png [2]
Location/history
Museum collection: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, L 2306

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: AΛΥZAΙΩΝ (Greek) Bow, club and quiver.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Alyz(e)ia Ancient region Acarnania Modern country: Greece Authority:
Chronology
From 400 BCE to 300 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org, Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 6.856.85 g <br />6,850 mg <br />
References
Coin reference: Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, p. 61-77, n° 3 Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Babelon 1901-1932, 4, 2, n° 56-8, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Kremydi-Sicilianou 2000, p. 61-77, n° 3
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Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Apollo head r. wearing taenia. Reverse: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek) Young male rider r. on prancing horse r.
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Macedonia (uncertain mint) Ancient region ᵖ Macedon Modern country: Greece Authority ᵖ: Macedonian kingdom, Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC)
Chronology
From 359 BCE to 336 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org 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.]]3Le Rider 1977
Additional data

References

  1. ^  Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
  2. ^  Kremydi-Sicilianou, Sophia (2000), "Makedonia chai Akarnania : e chrese Makedonikon Chalkon gia ten kope Akarnanikon ekdoseon" (Macedonia and Acarnania : Acarnanian coins struck on Macedonian bronzes), Nomisma oto Makedoniko choro praktika v'epistemonikes synanteses ... [et al], Thessalonique, p. 61-77.
  3. ^  Le Rider, Georges (1977), Le Monnayage d'argent et d'or de Philippe II frappé en Macédoine de 359 à 294, Paris, Bourgey.