ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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:
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 225 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 190 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime 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: 16.4516.45 g <br />16,450 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
"Overstruck over Nicomedes I of Bithynia" (nb: the letters [ΒΑΣΙ]ΛΕΩ[Σ] could be seen but the type remains enigmatic
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.
^Newell, Edward T. (1919), The Alexandrine coinage of Sinope, New York, American Numismatic Society, 11 p., 2 pl.
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
