16324 - Thrace (uncertain mint) (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Lysimachus (Alexander/Athena) (CNG, 91, Sept. 2012, 215)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16324

250 BCE - 200 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Odessos 2330 CNG.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Lysimachus 2330.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, 91, 19 Sept. 2012, lot 215

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ (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: 17.3817.38 g <br />17,380 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).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° 2	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1322, Callataÿ 2021a2Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° 2
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=1322

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of the deified Alexander r., with horn of Ammon

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ – ΛΥΣΙΜΑXΟΥ (Greek) Athena enthroned l., holding Nike and spear in r. hand and resting l. elbow on shield decorated with medusa

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:

Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 294 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 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.