SO 766 - Ptolemais-Ake over uncertain mint

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2973


307 - 306 | AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Ira & Larry Goldberg 69 (29/05/2012), no. 3063; Classical Numismatic Group (17/09/2008), no. 171.

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 Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. In left field, date (year 9). 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) - pretended authority (types and name)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 307 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 306 periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.9116.91 g <br />16,910 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: M. J. Price1M. J. Price, The coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus, Zurich-London, 1991, no. 3299.

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^ M. J. Price