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{{Overstrike | {{Overstrike | ||
|Image overstriking coin=Odessus 859 over Athens.jpg | |||
|Image overstruck variety=Athens Antiochos.jpg | |||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1523083&AucID=3177&Lot=195 | |||
|Sale=Info DMD | |||
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | |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 (ΗΔΟ). In left field, monogram (ΑΡ). | |Reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram (ΗΔΟ). In left field, monogram (ΑΡ). | |||
|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=120 BCE | ||
|Date to= | |Date to=90 BCE | ||
|Period=hellenistic | |Period=hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |||
|Weight=16.44 | |Weight=16.44 | ||
|Diameter=33 | |Diameter=33 | ||
|Denomination= | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Standard=Attic | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1177 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description= | |Overstruck obverse description=Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Owl on amphora | |Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora; magistrates' names in fields; monogram to lower left; to right, elephant standing right; B on amphora, ΣΩ below; all within wreath | |||
|Overstruck mint=Athens | |Overstruck mint=Athens | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Attica | |Overstruck ancient region=Attica | ||
|Overstruck date from=131 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=130 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Thompson 396c | |Overstruck standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Thompson 1961, n° 396c (for obv./rev. dies); HGC 4, n° 1635 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |||
|Level of confidence=strong | |||
|Remarks="It appears to be overstruck on an earlier Odessos issue of Alexander the Great (like Price 1168) struck from 280 - 200 B.C.E. and was taken back into the mint for restriking. Looking at Zeus on the reverse across the left side of his shoulder to chest, one can see the KOI mintmark of the earlier issue. Traces of other letters can also be seen" (nb: David MacDonald: The seller thinks this is struck over an earlier Odessos. I think this is wrong and that the host coin was an Athenian New Style: yes 131/130 BC Thompson 396c). | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:59, 13 November 2023
120 BCE - 90 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
Odessus 859 over Athens.jpg
Overstruck variety
Athens Antiochos.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Info DMD | |
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 (ΗΔΟ). In left field, monogram (ΑΡ). |
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. 120 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 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: 16.4416.44 g <br />16,440 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3333 mm <br />3.3 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1177 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Helmeted head of Athena Parthenos right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (Greek) Owl standing right, head facing, on amphora, magistrates' names in fields, monogram to lower left, to right, elephant standing right, B on amphora, ΣΩ below, all within wreath |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Athens | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Attica | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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. 131 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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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: | Thompson 19612Thompson 1961, n° 396c (for obv./rev. dies), HGC 43HGC 4, n° 1635 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "It appears to be overstruck on an earlier Odessos issue of Alexander the Great (like Price 1168) struck from 280 - 200 B.C.E. and was taken back into the mint for restriking. Looking at Zeus on the reverse across the left side of his shoulder to chest, one can see the KOI mintmark of the earlier issue. Traces of other letters can also be seen" (nb: David MacDonald: The seller thinks this is struck over an earlier Odessos. I think this is wrong and that the host coin was an Athenian New Style: yes 131/130 BC Thompson 396c). | ||
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.
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
