3196 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Paris, BnF, R1825)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3196

90 BCE - 70 BCE | BAΣΙΛEΩ ΑΛΞΞΛIΛΔ (sic)

Images

Overstriking coin

Mesembria 385 Paris.jpg [1], [0]

Overstruck variety

Thasos tetradrachm.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, R1825
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	H. Seyrig 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.:

BAΣΙΛEΩ ΑΛΞΞΛIΛΔ (sic) (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under 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: 16.8816.88 g <br />16,880 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 4040 mm <br />4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 1987b, p. 242

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Callataÿ 1987b1Callataÿ 1987b, p. 242, Price 19912Price 1991, n° 1047, Karayotov 19943Karayotov 1994, p. 93, n° 292 (O47-R132 monogram 43), Callataÿ 1994b4Callataÿ 1994b, p. 336, D31/R5a, Callataÿ 1997a5Callataÿ 1997a, p. 103, D31/R5a, Callataÿ 2021a6Callataÿ 2021a, p. 277, n° 22

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(HP)AKΛE(OYΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ) Herakles standing, nude, holding lion skin and club. In field, letter or monogram.

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

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: