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|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 212, n° 5 | |Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 212, n° 5; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 276, n° 4 | ||
|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1035; Karayotov 1994, O37-R101 | |Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1035; Karayotov 1994, O37-R101; MacDonald 2009, p. 212, n° 5; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 276, n° 4 | ||
|Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1035 | |Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1035 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=(visible: back of a head on left field). | |Overstruck obverse description=(visible: back of a head on left field). | ||
Latest revision as of 06:36, 14 November 2023
150 BCE - 100 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
Mesembria 817 Elsen.jpg
Overstruck variety
Alexander the great tetradrachm.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 63, 21 May 2003, lot 171 = Elsen, 93, 15 Sept. 2007, lot 670 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, EYΦA. In left field, Corinthian crested helmet. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Mesembria | Ancient regionAncient region. | Thrace | Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria | 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. 150 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 BCE | hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver 
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.8516.85 g <br />16,850 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 2009, p. 212, n° 5, Callataÿ 2021a, p. 276, n° 4 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1035, Karayotov 19942Karayotov 1994, O37-R101, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, p. 212, n° 5, Callataÿ 2021a4Callataÿ 2021a, p. 276, n° 4 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | (visible: back of a head on left field). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
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: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
| RemarksRemarks: | overstruck on Alexander? (back of a head on left field of the obverse; double strike on the reverse). | ||
References
- ^ Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
- ^ Karayotov, Ivan (1994), The coinage of Mesambria. vol. 1: silver and gold coins of Mesambria, Centre of Underwater Archaeology, Sozopol, 134 p. and 44 pl.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Bernhard Weisser (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.
