16326 - Thrace (uncertain mint) (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (Triton, XVI, Jan. 2013, 248)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16326

250 BCE - 200 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Odessos 2331 Triton 16.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Triton, 16, 8 Jan. 2013, lot 248

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (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: 16.9016.9 g <br />16,900 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° 3	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1322, Callataÿ 2021a2Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° 3
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1322

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 concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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