15885 - Dionysopolis (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (New York, ANS, 1944.100.36011)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 15885


225 BCE - 190 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

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Overstriking coin
2317 - Dionysopolis (Alexander the Great) over Nicomedes I of Bithynia.png [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: American Numismatic Society, n° 1944.100.36011

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Dionysopolis Ancient regionAncient region. Thrace Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria 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: Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 225 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 190 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.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.4516.45 g <br />16,450 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Price 19911Price 1991, n° 956b, Newell 1919b2Newell 1919b
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: uncertain
RemarksRemarks:  "Overstruck over Nicomedes I of Bithynia" (nb: the letters [ΒΑΣΙ]ΛΕΩ[Σ] could be seen but the type remains enigmatic

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  Newell, Edward T. (1919), The Alexandrine coinage of Sinope, New York, American Numismatic Society, 11 p., 2 pl.