3301 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Mostis (Mostis/Athena) (Lanz, 44, May 1988, 109)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3301

85 BCE - 65 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Lanz 44, 16 May 1988, lot 109.

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 (MYP). In left field, monogram (ΔΑΡ) and Corinthian crested helmet.

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. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 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: 16.0716.07 g <br />16,070 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.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 1993d, p. 337, D3/R1a	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1109A, Callataÿ 19912Callataÿ 1991, p. 37-45, pl. II., Callataÿ 1993d3Callataÿ 1993d, p. 337, D3/R1a., Karayotov 19944Karayotov 1994, p. 110, n° 764 (O86-R278, monogram 103), Callataÿ 1997a5Callataÿ 1997a, p. 104, D3/R1a, Callataÿ 2021a6Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° 29
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1109A

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(visible: ΤΟΥΣ on the lower field).

Mint and issuing power

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

Thrace (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Mostis (king of the Caeni, 130-90 BC)

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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks: