2924 - Alexandria (Cleopatra and Antony) (denarius Cleopatra/Antony) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 97, Sept. 2014, 613)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2924

34 BCE - 34 BCECLEOPATRAE REGINAE [•] REGVM [ • FIL]IORVM [•] REGVM | [ANTONI •] ARMENIA • DEVICT[A],

Images

Overstriking coin

Alexandria_Cleopatra_CNG,_97,_17_Sept._2014,_613.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group 97 (17/09/2014), no. 613.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

CLEOPATRAE REGINAE [•] REGVM [ • FIL]IORVM [•] REGVM Bust of Cleopatra right, wearing diadem, draped. In field, prow right. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

[ANTONI •] ARMENIA • DEVICT[A], Head of Mark Antony right. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Alexandria

Ancient regionAncient region.

Egypt

Modern countryModern country: Egypt

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:

Cleopatra VII Philopator (Ptolemaic queen, 51-30 BC), Marcus Antonius (Roman politician and general, member of the Second Triumvirate, 83-30 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 34 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 34 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: 3.553.55 g <br />3,550 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denarius	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 6 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Roman

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

RRC1RRC, n° 543/1

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles, wearing lion skin.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek) Zeus seated on throne left, holding eagle and sceptre

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 320 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

drachma

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Price 19912Price 1991

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	Overstruck on an uncertain drachm with head of Herakles wearing lion skin obverse type.

References

^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
^ 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.