View source for 3467 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Nomos, Obolos 8, Dec. 2017, 383)

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|Image overstriking coin=Alexandria_Ptolemy_Obolos, _8, _2_Dec._2017, _383.jpg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1069643&AucID=2099&Lot=383
|Image overstruck variety=Alexander III the Great.jpg
|Sale=Hess (Luzern) prior to 1975 = Nomos, Obolos 8, 2 Dec. 2017, 383
|Private collection=W. F. Stoecklin collection
|Obverse description=Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing a diadem with the horn of Zeus Ammon, an elephant skin headdress and aegis around his neck. Before elephant's ear, Δ. Border of dots.
|Reverse legend=ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Athena Alkidemos advancing to right, brandishing spear with her right hand and with a shield on her left arm. In right field, helmet, monogram (KO)) and eagle on thunderbolt. Border of dots.
|Mint=Alexandria
|Ancient region=Egypt
|Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC); Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC); Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC)
|Date from=306 BCE
|Date to=300 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=15.70
|Diameter=28
|Axis=1
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Ptolemaic
|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 164; Zervos 1967, Issue 29, dies 518/c; CPE I, n° 70
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1_1.70
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Heracles r.
|Overstruck reverse description=Zeus aetophoros
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC); Macedonian kingdom
|Overstruck date from=332 BCE
|Overstruck date to=300 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Overstruck standard=Attic
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
|Level of confidence=strong
|Remarks="Obverse lightly struck and with traces of overstriking"
}}