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

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1983

133 BCE - 67 BCE | ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΝ

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Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	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. 133 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 67 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	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:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1BMC Phrygia, n° 285.40-42, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 7, n° 737
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/laodiceia ad lycum bmc 40-3

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. ^ᵖ:

Laodiceia ad Lycum

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Phrygia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 133 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 67 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1BMC Phrygia, n° 285.40-42, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 7, n° 737
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/laodiceia ad lycum bmc 31-9

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck"

References

a b Head, V. Barclay (1907), A Catalogue of the Greek coins of Phrygia, London, The Trustees, p. 491, pl. LIII.
a b 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.