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|Sale= | |Image overstriking coin=Odessos 858 Lanz.jpg | ||
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress | |Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=513686&AucID=917&Lot=63 | ||
|Image overstruck variety=Alexander the great tetradrachm.jpg | |||
|Sale=Lanz, 154, 11 June 2012, lot 63 | |||
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress | |||
|Reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ | |Reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ | ||
|Reverse description= Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram (ΔO). In left field, KOI | |Reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram (ΔO). In left field, KOI | |||
|Mint=Odessus | |Mint=Odessus | ||
|Ancient region=Thrace | |Ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC | |Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) | ||
|Date from= | |Date from=250 BCE | ||
|Date to= | |Date to=180 BCE | ||
|Period= | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |||
|Weight=16.94 | |Weight=16.94 | ||
|Denomination= | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Standard=Attic | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Coin reference=Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° 1 | ||
|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1167 (var.); Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° 1 | |||
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1167 | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter | |||
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) | |||
|Overstruck date from=332 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=250 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
}} | }} |
Latest revision as of 12:14, 2 May 2024
250 BCE - 180 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
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Odessos 858 Lanz.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Lanz, 154, 11 June 2012, lot 63 | |
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, monogram (ΔO). In left field, KOI |
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. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 180 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.9416.94 g <br />16,940 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: | Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° 1 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1167 (var.), Callataÿ 2021a2Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° 1 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter |
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. 332 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
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: | sure |
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