SO 770 - Ptolemais-Ake over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3287

319 BCE - 318 BCE | AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Alexander_III,_Áureo_&_Calicó_293,_24_May_2017,_2029.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group 108, 16 May 2018, nº 389 = Áureo & Calicó 293, 24 May 2017, nº 2029
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	José Miguel Márquez del Prado collection

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, Phoenician 'K (for 'Ozmilk), above date (year 31). Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Tyre

Ancient regionAncient region.

Syria (Phoenicia)

Modern countryModern country: Lebanon

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), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 319 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 318 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

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: 17.1317.13 g <br />17,130 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.: 7 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Newell 1916, nº XXVII, Cohen 2011, nº 737	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Newell 19161Newell 1916, nº XXVII, Price 19912Price 1991, nº 3281, Cohen 20113Cohen 2011, nº 737
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3281

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:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on uncertain type (likely an earlier issue Alexander from Tyre)."