View source for 3801 - Odessus (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Nicomedes (Nicomedes/Zeus) (MacDonald coll., 101)

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|Image overstriking coin=SO 866 - Odessus over uncertain mint.jpg
|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=866 Nikomedes (drawing).jpg
|Image overstruck variety=Nikomedes 866.jpeg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2207673&AucID=5314&Lot=354
|Private collection=D. MacDonald collection, n° 101
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
|Reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ ΟΔΗΣΙΤΩΝ
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, star with six points. In left field, EKA.
|Mint=Odessus
|Ancient region=Thrace
|Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
|Date from=90 BCE
|Date to=70 BCE
|Period=hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=16.08
|Axis=12
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic
|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 133, n° 101; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 10
|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1197; MacDonald 2009, p. 133, n° 101; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 10
|Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1197
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Nicomedes II right, wearing diadem.
|Overstruck reverse legend=(BAΣΙΛ)ΕΩΣ (ΕΠΙΦ)ΑΝΟΥ(Σ ΝΙΚΟΜHΔΟΥ)
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=Zeus standing left, holding staff and proffering laurel wreath. Before, small eagle on thunderbolt, below, two-letter date and monogram (visible: lower portion of Zeus's staff, profile of back of Zeus's leg, trace of head, date, monogram).
|Overstruck mint=Nicomedia
|Overstruck ancient region=Bithynia
|Overstruck authority=Nicomedes III of Bithynia (king of Bithynia, c. 127-94 BC); Nicomedes IV of Bithynia (king of Bithynia, c. 94-74 BC); Kingdom of Bithynia (late 4th c.-74 BC)
|Overstruck date from=150 BCE
|Overstruck date to=70 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Overstruck standard=Attic
|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
|Level of confidence=strong
}}