1665 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (New York, ANS, 1951.35.104)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1665

160 BCE - 120 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

DB_Overstrikes_789.png [Museum website]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	New York, American Numismatic Society, 1951.35.104 (http://numismatics.org/collection/1951.35.104)
	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	IGCH 888 (Propontis hoard)

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. In left field, Corinthian helmet. In exergue, ΔΙΟΣΚ.

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. 160 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 120 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: 16.7616.76 g <br />16,760 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Waggoner 19791Waggoner 1979, n° 30, Price 19912Price 1991, n° 1003, Karayotov 19923Karayotov 1992, n° 131, Karayotov 19944Karayotov 1994, p. 91, n° 229 (O39-R108, monogram 36), Callataÿ 1994b5Callataÿ 1994b, p. 322, a/D8/R1, MacDonald 20096MacDonald 2009, p. 213, n° 8, Callataÿ 2021a7Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° A
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1003

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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:

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

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:	Discarded as double strike by Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° A

Date: c. 250-175 BC (PELLA) ; c. 225-175 BC (Period II, Karayotov)