3450 - Chios (Alexander the Great) (drachm Heracles/Zeus) over Chios (Sphinx/incuse square) (CNG, MBS 81, May 2009, 341)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3450

290 BCE - 275 BCE | AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Chios CNG MBS 81 341 (sur Chios).jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 341

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. In field, monogram (MYP) and grapes.

Mint and issuing power

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

Chios

Ancient regionAncient region.

Ionia

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. 290 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 275 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: 3.933.93 g <br />3,930 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 2319
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=2319

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by bunch of grapes before

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Quadripartite incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Chios

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Ionia

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. 380 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 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:	Sear II2Sear II, n° 4603, Hardwick 19913Hardwick 1991, HGC 64HGC 6, n° 1124-1125
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/chios hardwick 1991 local 350-330

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a civic issue of Chios (cf. Mavrogordato 57). The face and breast of the sphinx are clearly visible on the reverse in the field above Zeus’ arm" (there is a metrological difficulty in the identification since drachms of Chios are weighing less than 3.93g)