3801 - Odessus (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Nicomedes (Nicomedes/Zeus) (MacDonald coll., 101): Difference between revisions

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3801

90 BCE - 70 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ ΟΔΗΣΙΤΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 866 - Odessus over uncertain mint.jpg

Overstruck variety

Nikomedes 866.jpeg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

866 Nikomedes (drawing).jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection, n° 101

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 ΟΔΗΣΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, star with six points. In left field, EKA.

Mint and issuing power

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

Odessus

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. 90 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE

hellenistic 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: 16.0816.08 g <br />16,080 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 />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 133, n° 101, Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 10	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1197, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 133, n° 101, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 10
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1197

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Nicomedes II right, wearing diadem.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(BAΣΙΛ)ΕΩΣ (ΕΠΙΦ)ΑΝΟΥ(Σ ΝΙΚΟΜHΔΟΥ) (Greek) Zeus standing left, holding staff and proffering laurel wreath. Before, small eagle on thunderbolt, below, two-letter date and monogram (visible: lower portion of Zeus's staff, profile of back of Zeus's leg, trace of head, date, monogram).

Mint and issuing power

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

Nicomedia

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Bithynia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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

Nicomedes III of Bithynia (king of Bithynia, c. 127-94 BC), Nicomedes IV of Bithynia (king of Bithynia, c. 94-74 BC), Kingdom of Bithynia (late 4th c.-74 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.. 70 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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

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.
^ 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.

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 |Image overstruck variety=Nikomedes 866.jpeg
 |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2207673&AucID=5314&Lot=354
-|Private collection=D. MacDonald collection
+|Private collection=D. MacDonald collection, n° 101
 |Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
 |Reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ ΟΔΗΣΙΤΩΝ
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, star with six points. In left field, EKA.
 |Mint=Odessus
 |Ancient region=Thrace
 |Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
-|Date from=125 BCE
+|Date from=90 BCE
 |Date to=70 BCE
 |Period=hellenistic
@@ Line 18: / Line 19: @@
 |Axis=12
 |Denomination=tetradrachm
-|Standard=attic
+|Standard=Attic
-|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 133, n° 101
+|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 133, n° 101; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 10
-|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1197.
+|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1197; MacDonald 2009, p. 133, n° 101; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 279, n° 10
 |Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1197
 |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Nicomedes II right, wearing diadem.
@@ Line 26: / Line 27: @@
 |Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck reverse description=Zeus standing left, holding staff and proffering laurel wreath. Before, small eagle on thunderbolt, below, two-letter date and monogram (visible: lower portion of Zeus's staff, profile of back of Zeus's leg, trace of head, date, monogram).
+|Overstruck mint=Nicomedia
 |Overstruck ancient region=Bithynia
-|Overstruck authority=Nicomedes III of Bithynia (king of Bithynia, c. 127-94 BC); Nicomedes IV of Bithynia (king of Bithynia, c. 94-74 BC)
+|Overstruck authority=Nicomedes III of Bithynia (king of Bithynia, c. 127-94 BC); Nicomedes IV of Bithynia (king of Bithynia, c. 94-74 BC); Kingdom of Bithynia (late 4th c.-74 BC)
+|Overstruck date from=150 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=70 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
 |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
-|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
+|Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
 |Level of confidence=strong
 }}