2383 - Curium (Alexander) (AE Heracles/bowcase & club) over Curium (Apollo/horse) (private coll. - Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, 22)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2383

325 BCE - 320 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Private collection

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) Bow-in-bowcase and club, grain ear below

Mint and issuing power

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

Curium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Cyprus

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 325 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 320 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.004 g <br />4,000 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 20, n° 22	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Destrooper-Georgiades 20131Destrooper-Georgiades 2013, p. 20, n° 22
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3113

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo facing slightly to left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse standing to right, with suckling foal standing to left below

Mint and issuing power

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

Curium

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

BMC Cyprus2BMC Cyprus, p. cvii, note 5, Tziambazis 20023Tziambazis 2002, n° 39

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: