3432 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 97)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3432

90 BCE - 70 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Mesembria 825 MacDonald 97.jpg

Overstruck variety

Thasos tetradrachm.jpg

Traces of the overstruck variety

Mesembria 825 MacDonald 97 (drawing).jpg

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	MacDonald collection, n° 97

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 (ΠΥ). In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and ΔΑ.

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. 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: 16.6816.68 g <br />16,680 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 128, n° 97	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1047, Karayotov 19942Karayotov 1994, p. 93, n° 286-288 (O47-R128 monogram 43)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1047

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath (visible: a portion of the profile of the top of Dionysus's head and other slight uncertain traces).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(HPAKΛEOYΣ) ΣΩΤΗΡΟ(Σ) Θ(Α)ΣΙΩ(Ν) Herakles standing, nude, holding lion skin and club. In field, letter or monogram (visible: lower portion of Herakles' club and foot).

Mint and issuing power

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

Thasos

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Thrace

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

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	overstruck on Thasos [letters ΣΩΤΗΡΟ in the inner field left and Θ in the lower field of the reverse