Alexandria

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 297

The mint at the ancient site of Alexandreia in Egypt.

Die Studies

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Alexandria (Ptolemy I), gold, trichrysa (300-285 BCE)	Gold	154,224 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy I), gold, 10th trichrysa (294-282 BCE)	Gold	16,513 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, trichrysa (274-272 BCE)	Gold	63,903 kg
S 2061 - Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, mnaieia (272-260 BCE)	Gold	121,160 kg
S 2062 - Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, pentekontadrachma (272-260 BCE)	Gold	165,855 kg
S 2063 - Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, quarter mnaieia (272-260 BCE)	Gold	3,878 kg
S 929 - Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, eighth mnaieia (272-260 BCE)	Gold	1,118 kg
S 2064 - Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, mnaieia (261-245 BCE)	Gold	92,352 kg
H 313 - Alexandria (Ptolemy III-Arsinoe), silver, decadrachms (246-221 BCE)	Silver	24,564 kg
S 667 - Alexandria, gold, pentadrachm	Gold	19,217 kg
S 991 - Alexandria (Ptolemy IV), silver, tetradrachms (219-215 BCE)	Silver	7,199 kg
S 2065 - Alexandria (Ptolemy III), gold, mnaieia (219-217 BCE)	Gold	37,196 kg
S 669 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), silver, octodrachms (205-195 BCE)	Silver	2,170 kg
S 668 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (205-195 BCE)	Silver	40,397 kg
RQEM ad. 663 - Alexandria, gold, mnaieion, 204-81 BC	Gold	158,238 kg
S 665 - Alexandria, gold, mnaieion, 204-81 BC	Gold	231,895 kg
S 2042 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (199-198 BCE)	Silver	1,847 kg
S 2043 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (thunderbolt) (199-198 BCE)	Silver	589 kg
S 2044 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), gold, mnaieia (199-198 BCE)	Gold	19,071 kg
S 666 - Alexandria, gold, mnaieion	Gold	341,412 kg
S 670 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 165-154 BC	Silver	63,853 kg
S 671 - Alexandria, silver, didrachm, 165-154 BC	Silver	822 kg
S 673 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 155-145 BC	Silver	13,516 kg
S 674 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 146-116 BC	Silver	52,920 kg
S 675 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 117-107 BC	Silver	86,078 kg
S 676 - Alexandria, silver, didrachm, 116-114 BC	Silver	1,338 kg
S 677 - Alexandria (Ptolemy X and Cleopatra III), silver, hemidrachms (116-115 BCE)	Silver	4,235 kg
S 107 - Alexandria, bronze, NC, 115/4-114/3 BC	Bronze
S 108 - Alexandria, bronze, NC, 115/4-114/3 BC	Bronze
S 678 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 107-101 BC	Silver	28,662 kg
S 679 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 102-88 BC	Silver	39,274 kg
S 680 - Alexandria (Ptolemy IX), silver, tetradrachms (89-81 BCE)	Silver	4,695 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.
24248 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.5305)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3810 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Aradus (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.5315)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3235 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75560)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3277 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over uncertain type (Triton, X, Jan. 2007, 414)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3489 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (Elsen, 86, Dec. 2005, 146)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3809 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 61) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Schulman, 231, March 1958, 3700a)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24288 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 77) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 11, Feb. 2020, 1108)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3866 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75586)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3690 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio, 160, June 2011, 6046)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3090 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Heritage, Signature Sale 3061, Jan. 2018, 29267)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3507 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Babylon (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75608)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3177 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Helios, 4, Oct. 2009, 62)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3151 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Dorotheum, Nov. 2013, 82)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24273 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 27, Sept. 2023, 878)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3278 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Ebay, seller Autorarities, Aug. 2015, 2015BK13)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3281 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (Berk, BBS 105, Nov. 1998, 293)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3783 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over uncertain type (Auctiones, EA 13, Febr. 2013, 35)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3467 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Nomos, Obolos 8, Dec. 2017, 383)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24218 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 63) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 269, March 2020, 673)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3806 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (CNG, 103, Dec. 2016, 395)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
2949 - Alexandria (Ptolmey I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, MBS 67, Sept. 2004, 936)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
2998 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (Stack's Bowers and Ponterio, NY Auction, Jan. 2016, 30137)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3440 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over uncertain type (Hess-Divo, 314, May 2009, 1253)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3396 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75634)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3680 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Heritage, 3035, Sept. 2014, 29120)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3209 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, MBS 58, Sept. 2001, 737)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3661 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75562)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24280 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 73) over uncertain type (Malter, XXXII, Nov. 1985, 177)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
2976 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 67) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.5314)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24245 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75559)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3731 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 63) over uncertain type (Nomos, Obolos 8, Dec. 2017, 384)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3684 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75624)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24158 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Triton, VII, Jan. 2004, 372)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
2912 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (MacDonald coll., 143)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3727 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Auctiones, 29, June 2003, 782)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24283 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 476, Sept. 2020, 171)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
3617 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Pegasi Numismatics, 35, Oct. 2016, 220)	Silver	306 BC ^JL
24270 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (AE Alexander/eagle CPE B23) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 553, Jan. 2024, 177)	Bronze	300 BC ^JL
3771 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (AE Alexander/eagle CPE B31) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (CNG, EA 178, Dec. 2007, 26)	Bronze	300 BC ^JL
22855 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (AE Alexander/eagle CPE B23) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 550, Nov. 2023, 274)	Bronze	300 BC ^JL
24277 - Alexandria (Ptolemy IV or V) (AE 32mm Heracles/eagle) over uncertain type (CNG, Keystone 8, 23 Aug. 2022, 45)	Bronze	220 BC ^JL
2924 - Alexandria (Cleopatra and Antony) (denarius Cleopatra/Antony) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 97, Sept. 2014, 613)	Silver	34 BC ^JL

Overstruck coins

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.
3640 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 84)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3552 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Holy Land Auction, EA 5, April 2016, 16)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3043 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Ebay Holyland Ancient Coins Corporation, 2020)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3233 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Alexander/eagle) (CNG, MBS 76, Sept. 2007, 825)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3208 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 187, Apr. 2008, 48)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3622 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.4)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
2856 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 243, Oct. 2010, 167)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3719 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.9)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3105 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 86)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3865 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 80)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
25016 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 119, Apr. 2024, 856)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3366 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 6, Feb. 2014, 230)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3686 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 192, July 2008, 99)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3336 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 78)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
24461 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 113, Sept. 2023, 359)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
24401 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 117, Feb. 2024, 429)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
2884 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 81)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3491 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Dubai, Zurquieh, Ebay, April 2017)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
2869 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.15)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
24376 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 117, Feb. 2024, 429)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
24466 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 113, Sept. 2023, 360)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
2849 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.10)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3104 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.5)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3595 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 265, oct. 2011, 214)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3545 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.6)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3442 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Alexander/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 79)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
2957 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Alexander/eagle) (CNG, EA 268, Nov. 2011, 147)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
2855 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, MBS 68, May 2008, 965)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
3533 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Ebay seller Zuqieh, 5 Nov. 2017)	Bronze	280 BC ^JL
SO 970 - Rome over uncertain mint	Bronze	225 BC ^JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	http://nomisma.org/id/alexandreia_egypt
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Alexandreia in Egypt.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/60407/alexandreia/?searchterm=alexandreia*
Ancient regionAncient region.	Egypt Nomisma: greek_egypt
Modern countryModern country	Egypt
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	31° 12' 5.17" N, 29° 54' 35.18" E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Alexandria https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727070 http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x21094 http://geonames.org/361058 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q87

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