View source for 3704 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (London, BM, 1879-7-12-1)

{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=Mesembria 816 London BM.jpg
|Museum collection=London, British Museum, 1879-7-12-1
|Private collection=Tucker coll.
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
|Reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram ( ΑΣΡ). In left field, Corinthian crested helmet.
|Mint=Mesembria
|Ancient region=Thrace
|Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
|Date from=150 BCE
|Date to=100 BCE
|Period=hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=15.52
|Axis=12
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic
|Coin reference=Price 1991, n° 1005
|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1005; Karayotov 1994, 90, n° 204 [O34–R96]; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 276, n° 11
|Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=1005
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Overstruck standard=Attic
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Remarks=Karayotov: "overstruck on a “shield/Athena” tetradrachm of Antigonus Gonatas’, pl. XVIII (nb: olive wreath visible in the left field).
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