928 - Salamis (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Alexander the Great (Leu Numismatik, EA 18, Dec. 2021, 573)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 928

315 BCE - 306 BCE | AΛEΞANΔPOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Alexander the Great on Alexander the Great - Leu, Web 18, 18 Dec. 2021, 573.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Alexander the great tetradrachm.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Leu, Web 18, 18 Dec. 2021, lot 573.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek) Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right, to left, monogram and rudder, below throne, monogram of ΠE

Mint and issuing power

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

Salamis

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cyprus

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:

Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC), Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 315 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 306 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: 17.1117.11 g <br />17,110 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).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Price 19911Price 1991, 3165.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek) Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and scepter

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:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 332 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 306 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ 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.