788 - Tyre (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Alexander the Great (CNG, MBS 72, June 2006, 399

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 788

316 BCE - 315 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 72, 14 June 2006, lot 399

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of unbearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus seated left on throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low footrest, holding long pearled scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings. In left field, Phoenician letters ‘ayin and kaph (initials for “of the king ’Ozmilk”), below or left: Phoenician date. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Tyre

Ancient regionAncient region.

Phoenicia

Modern countryModern country: Lebanon

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 316 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 315 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.0917.09 g <br />17,090 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 3271, Newell 19162Newell 1916, 48, n° 33
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3271

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of unbearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus seated left on throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low footrest, holding long pearled scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 332 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 318 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks:	“Overstruck on uncertain type (likely an earlier issue Alexander from Tyre)”