View source for 3684 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75624)

{{Overstrike
|Museum collection=New York, American Numismatic Society, 1944.100.75624
|Private collection=E. T. Newell collection
|Archaeological context=Demanhur, 1896 (IGCH 1671)
|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=305 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=15.72
|Diameter=29
|Axis=12
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Ptolemaic
|Coin reference=Levy 1954, pl. XIII, n° 4
|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 164; Levy 1954, pl. XIII, n° 4; Zervos 1967; CPE I, n ° 70
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1_1.70
|Overstruck obverse description=(visible: profile of Alexander of Herakles).
|Overstruck reverse description=(visible: between legend and Athena's right arm, profile of seated Zeus' head ans shoulders).
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
|Overstruck date from=332 BCE
|Overstruck date to=300 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Coin series reference overstruck=Price 1991
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
}}