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|Denomination=tetradrachm | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Standard=Attic | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° | |Coin reference=Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° 1 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/pella/ | |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 obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | ||
Revision as of 19:08, 23 May 2023
250 BCE - 180 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
Odessos 858 Lanz.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Alexander the great tetradrachm.jpg
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 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: 16.9416.94 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 |
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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 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: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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