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2312 - Tarsus (Alexander the Great) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 421, May 2018, 48)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 15565


333 BCE - 327 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

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Overstriking coin
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Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 421 (Colin E. Pitchfork coll.), 30 May 2018, lot 48

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of unbearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus seated left on throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low footrest, holding long pearled scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings. Lettter A under the throne.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Tarsus Ancient regionAncient region. Cilicia 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: Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 333 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 327 BCE Classical 480-323 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: 17.1017.1 g <br />17,100 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Price 19911Price 1991, n° 2998, Newell 19162Newell 1916, obv. IV, rev. 17.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: “Overstruck on uncertain type (traces visible on obverse)”

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.
  2. ^  Newell, Edward T. (1916), The dated Alexander coinage of Sidon and Ake, Yale University Press, New Haven, 72 p.