316 BCE - 315 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 72, 14 June 2006, lot 399
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of unbearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus seated left on throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low footrest, holding long pearled scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Tyre
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Phoenicia
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Modern countryModern country: Lebanon
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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:
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Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 316 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 315 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.0917.09 g <br />17,090 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of unbearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus seated left on throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low footrest, holding long pearled scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 332 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 315 BCE
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and concentrated
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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weak
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| RemarksRemarks:
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“Overstruck on another Alexander III tetradrachm, with the eye and hair visible on the reverse”
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References
- ^ Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
