3279 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Shoumen, HM, Haralanov coll. 105.5.3)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3279

175 BCE - 125 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Shoumen, HM, Haralanov Coll. 105.5(3)	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, Mannheim 14 (31/05-02/06/1978), n° 12.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Haralanov Collection

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 Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, KO. In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and MA.

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. 175 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 125 BCE

hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3434 mm <br />3.4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 213, no. 9., I. Karayotov, The coinage of Mesambria. vol. 1 : silver and gold coins of Mesambria, Sozopol, 1994, p. 95, no. 358 (O49-R163, monogram 47)., Fr. de Callataÿ, L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1997, p. 103, D31/R6b., Fr. de Callataÿ, "Les derniers alexandres posthumes frappés à Odessos et Mesembria", Studies on the Settlement Life in Ancient Thrace. Proceedings of the IIIrd International Symposium "Cabyle". 17-23 May 1993, Jambol, 1994, p. 336, D31/R6b.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

M. J. Price1M. J. Price, The coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus, Zurich-London, 1991, no. 1077.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(visible: border of dots with feathers (Athens?) in the lower field of the reverse).

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. 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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

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