15890 - Chios (Alexander the Great) (drachma Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (Stack's Bowers Galleries, Collector's Choice, Nov. 2022, 74054)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 15890


290 BCE - 275 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
2319 - Chios (Alexander the Great) over uncertain type.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), Collector's Choice, 14 Nov. 2022, lot 74054

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus seated left on throne, holding scepter and eagle, in left field, monogram above grape bunch
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Chios Ancient regionAncient region. Ionia (islands) Modern countryModern country: Greece 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. 290 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 275 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: 4.234.23 g <br />4,230 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HGC 61HGC 6, n° 1143, Price 19912Price 1991, n° 2325

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: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: A charming example of an Alexander Drachm, this specimen retains lovely details and limited evidence of handling, along with evidence of an overstrike.

References

  1. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
  2. ^  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.