View source for 3507 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Babylon (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75608)

{{Overstrike
|Museum collection=New York, American Numismatic Society, 1944.100.75608
|Private collection=E. T. Newell collection
|Archaeological context=IGCH 1675
|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 the right field, Corinthian helmet, below monogram (AX) and eagle on thunderbolt. Border of dots.
|Mint=Alexandria
|Ancient region=Egypt
|Authority=Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC); Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC); Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC)
|Date from=306 BCE
|Date to=305 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=15.66
|Diameter=30
|Axis=12
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Ptolemaic
|Coin reference=Levy 1954, pl. XII, n° 3
|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 162; Levy 1954, pl. XII, n° 3; Zervos 1967; CPE I, n° 69
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1_1.69
|Overstruck obverse description=(visible: indistinct marks).
|Overstruck reverse description=(visible: on cheek of Alexander, traces of Zeus' throne, with beaded line of his staff behind it).
|Overstruck mint=Babylon
|Overstruck ancient region=Babylonia
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC); Macedonian kingdom
|Overstruck date from=330 BCE
|Overstruck date to=300 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Coin series reference overstruck=Price 1991
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
}}