ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram (MYP). In left field, monogram (ΔΑΡ) and Corinthian crested helmet.
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. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 BCE
hellenistic 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: 16.0716.07 g <br />16,070 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.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
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^Callataÿ, François de (1991), “Un tétradrachme de Mithridate surfrappé à Maronée”, Numismatica e Antichità Classiche. Quaderni Ticinesi, 20, p. 213-226.
^Callataÿ, François de (1993), "Les derniers alexandres posthumes frappés à Odessos et Mesembria", Studies on the Settlement Life in Ancient Thrace. Proceedings of the IIIrd International Symposium "Cabyle". 17-23 May 1993, Jambol, Istoricheski muzei.
^Karayotov, Ivan (1994), The coinage of Mesambria. vol. 1: silver and gold coins of Mesambria, Centre of Underwater Archaeology, Sozopol, 134 p. and 44 pl.
^Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
^Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Bernhard Weisser (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.
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