18931 - Alexandria Troas (tetradrachm Apollo/Apollo) over uncertain type (Lanz, 163, Dec. 2016, 94)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 18931

85 BCE - 84 BCE | ΑΠΟΛΛΩNΟΣ and date before, monogram and ΖΜΙΘΕΩΣ behind, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ / ΝΙΚΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Alexandreia_Troas_2522_Lanz.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Lanz, 163, 7 Dec. 2016, 94

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Apollo left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΠΟΛΛΩNΟΣ and date before, monogram and ΖΜΙΘΕΩΣ behind, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΩΝ / ΝΙΚΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Apollo Smintheus (the Mouse God), draped, walking right holding bow and arrow.

Mint and issuing power

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

Alexandria Troas

Ancient regionAncient region.

Troas

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 84 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: 12.4012.4 g <br />12,400 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Bellinger 19611Bellinger 1961, A162 var.

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. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

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 ^ᵖ:

Additional data

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

References

^ Bellinger, Alfred R. (1961), Troy. Supplementary monograph 2, The coins, Princeton, Princeton University Press