16558 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Lysimachus (Alexander/Athena) (Berlin, MK, 18249458)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 16558


150 BCE - 100 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
Mesembria 2348 Berlin.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Lysimachus under Maroneia.jpg
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Berlin, MK, 18249458
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Goldstein 1863/ 28646

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and ΔΙ
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Mesembria 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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 150 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 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: 16.8116.81 g <br />16,810 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 />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3333 mm <br />3.3 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1001
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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, in inner l. field
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. : Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 297 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: Tetradrachms of Lysimachus are the only ones in the area to have that kind of diadem

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.