160 BCE - 120 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
Overstriking coin
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. In left field, Corinthian helmet. In exergue, ΔΙΟΣΚ.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Mesembria
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Thrace
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Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria
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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:
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Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 160 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 120 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.7616.76 g <br />16,760 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Waggoner 19791Waggoner 1979, n° 30, Price 19912Price 1991, n° 1003, Karayotov 19923Karayotov 1992, n° 131, Karayotov 19944Karayotov 1994, p. 91, n° 229 (O39-R108, monogram 36), Callataÿ 1994b5Callataÿ 1994b, p. 322, a/D8/R1, MacDonald 20096MacDonald 2009, p. 213, n° 8, Callataÿ 2021a7Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° A
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
Date: c. 250-175 BC (PELLA) ; c. 225-175 BC (Period II, Karayotov)
