SO 761 - Ptolemais-Ake over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3150

316 BCE - 315 BCE | AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Alexander III Ake on Alexander III (CNG MBS 72 14 June 2006, lot 399.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Alexander the great tetradrachm.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 72, 14 Jun 2006, nº 399

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. In left field monogram, date (year 31). Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Ptolemais-Ake

Ancient regionAncient region.

Syria (Phoenicia)

Modern countryModern country: Israel

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. 316 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 315 BCE

hellenistic 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: 17.0917.09 g <br />17,090 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.: 1 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, nº 3281
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3281

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin.

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:

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

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..

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on another Alexander III tetradrachm, with the eye and hair visible on the reverse."

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.