15824 - Amphipolis (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 78, May 2008, 336)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 15824

332 BCE - 323 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland, 10, 22 March 2002, lot 183; Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 336; Stack’s, 10 Jan. 2011, lot 48
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Collection C.P.A.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, in left field, prow left

Mint and issuing power

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

Amphipolis

Ancient regionAncient region.

Macedon

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. 332 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 323 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 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: 17.2217.22 g <br />17,220 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.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 4, Troxell 19972Troxell 1997, Studies, Group A1. EF, toned
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.4

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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on uncertain type"

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.
^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1997), Studies in the Macedonian Coinage of Alexander the Great, Numismatic Studies 21, New York, 161 p., 31 pl.