View source for 3771 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (AE Alexander/eagle CPE B31) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (CNG, EA 178, Dec. 2007, 26)

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|Image overstriking coin=Alexandria_Ptolemy_CNG_EA_178_12_déc._2007_26.jpg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=300948&AucID=527&Lot=26
|Image overstruck variety=Philip II Apollo rider.jpg
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, EA 178, 12 Dec. 2007, 26
|Private collection=G. Conlin Collection
|Obverse description=Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing a diadem with the horn of Zeus Ammon.
|Reverse legend=ΠΤΟΛEMΑΙΟΥ
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, spread wings. In left field, monogram (AX).
|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=300 BCE
|Date to=282 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=4.47
|Diameter=17
|Denomination=hemiobol
|Standard=Ptolemaic
|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 114-115; CPE I, n° B31
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1_2.B31
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Apollo right.
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=Youth on horseback to right
|Overstruck mint=Macedonia (uncertain mint)
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
|Overstruck authority=Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC)
|Overstruck date from=359 BCE
|Overstruck date to=336 BCE
|Overstruck period=Classical
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread
|Level of confidence=sure
|Remarks="Overstruck on a Philip II Æ"
}}