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|Private collection= | |Image overstriking coin=Mesembria 832 MacDonald 99.jpg | ||
|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=Mesembria 832 MacDonald 99 drawing.jpg | |||
|Image overstruck variety=Thasos tetradrachm.jpg | |||
|Private collection=MacDonald collection, n° 99 | |||
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | |Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | ||
|Reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩ AΛΕΞΛΙΛΔ (sic) | |Reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩ AΛΕΞΛΙΛΔ (sic) | ||
|Reverse description= Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram (ΠΥ). In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and ΔΑ. | |Reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram (ΠΥ). In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and ΔΑ. | |||
|Mint=Mesembria | |Mint=Mesembria | ||
|Ancient region=Thrace | |Ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) - pretended authority (types and name) | |Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) - pretended authority (types and name) | ||
|Date from= | |Date from=90 BCE | ||
|Date to= | |Date to=70 BCE | ||
|Period=hellenistic | |Period=hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |||
|Weight=16.98 | |Weight=16.98 | ||
|Axis=12 | |Axis=12 | ||
|Denomination= | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Standard=Attic | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin reference= | |Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 129-130, n° 99 | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1047; Karayotov 1994, p. 93, n° 295 (O47-R134 monogram combination 43); Callataÿ 2021a, p. 277, n° 25 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1047 | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath (visible: slight traces). | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath (visible: slight traces). | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=(H)P(AK)ΛEO(YΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ) | |Overstruck reverse legend=(H)P(AK)ΛEO(YΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ) | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Herakles standing, nude, holding lion skin and club. In field, letter or monogram (visible: trailing edge of lion skin). | |Overstruck reverse description=Herakles standing, nude, holding lion skin and club. In field, letter or monogram (visible: trailing edge of lion skin). | ||
|Overstruck mint=Thasos | |Overstruck mint=Thasos | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Thrace | |Overstruck ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 13:02, 17 May 2023
90 BCE - 70 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩ AΛΕΞΛΙΛΔ (sic)
Images
Overstriking coin
Mesembria 832 MacDonald 99.jpg
Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
Thasos tetradrachm.jpg
Mesembria 832 MacDonald 99 drawing.jpg
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | MacDonald collection, n° 99 |
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.: | BAΣΙΛΕΩ AΛΕΞΛΙΛΔ (sic) (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) - pretended authority (types and name) |
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 
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.9816.98 g <br />16,980 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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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. 129-130, n° 99 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1047, Karayotov 19942Karayotov 1994, p. 93, n° 295 (O47-R134 monogram combination 43), Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 277, n° 25 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath (visible: slight traces). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (H)P(AK)ΛEO(YΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ) (Greek) Herakles standing, nude, holding lion skin and club. In field, letter or monogram (visible: trailing edge of lion skin). |
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
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
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: | |||
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.
- ^ Karayotov, Ivan (1994), The coinage of Mesambria. vol. 1: silver and gold coins of Mesambria, Centre of Underwater Archaeology, Sozopol, 134 p. and 44 pl.
- ^ 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.
