16320 - Thrace (uncertain mint) (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Hercales/Zeus) over Alexander the Great (CNG, 94, Sept. 2013, 158)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16320

250 BCE - 200 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Odessos CNG Sept. 2013 158.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Alexander the great tetradrachm.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, 94, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 158

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, monogram below throne

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Thrace (uncertain mint)

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. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.9916.99 g <br />16,990 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° 4	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1322, Callataÿ 2021a2Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° 4
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1322

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(Greek) Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)

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.. 200 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

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.
^ Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Bernhard Weisser (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.