1983 - Laodiceia ad Lycum (AE Aphrodite/cornucopia) over Laodiceia ad Lycum (Laodice/cornucopia) (Rauch, EA 14, Dec. 2013, 60)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1983


88 BCE - 48 BCE | ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Laodikeia_Rauch_60.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Laodicée.png [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Rauch EA 14, 14 Dec. 2013, n° 60

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Aphrodite right, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ (Greek) Cornucopiae to right with caduceus.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Laodiceia ad Lycum Ancient regionAncient region. Phrygia Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 88 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 48 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.724.72 g <br />4,720 mg <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG von Aulock Phrygia1SNG von Aulock Phrygia, n° 3804., BMC Phrygia2BMC Phrygia, n°285.40-42, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 737.
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Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of queen Laodice (?) to right, wearing a laurel wreath and bun. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ (Greek) Cornucopiae to left with caduceus.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Laodiceia ad Lycum Ancient regionAncient region.  Phrygia Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 88 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 50 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : BMC Phrygia2BMC Phrygia, 31-9
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^ SNG von Aulock Phrygia 
  2. a b  Head, V. Barclay (1907), A Catalogue of the Greek coins of Phrygia, London, The Trustees, p. 491, pl. LIII.
  3. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), Handbook of Greek Coinages. 7. Coins of northern and Central Anatolia - Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian bosporos), Lancaster, lxxxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.