15241 - Chios (Alexander the Great) (drachma Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain typet (Stack's Bowers Galleries, Nov. 2022, 74054)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 15241

290 BCE - 275 BCE | AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), Collector's Choice, 14 Nov. 2022, lot 74054

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 seated left on throne, holding scepter and eagle, in left field, monogram above grape bunch

Mint and issuing power

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

Chios

Ancient regionAncient region.

Ionia (islands)

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 290 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 275 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: 4.234.23 g <br />4,230 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 2325, HGC 62HGC 6, n° 1143
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=2325

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:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	A charming example of an Alexander Drachm, this specimen retains lovely details and limited evidence of handling, along with evidence of an overstrike.