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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3012

290 BCE - 275 BCE | AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Chios SO 781.jpg

Overstruck variety

Chios 391.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Lanz on Ebay, 25 Aug. 2018

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. In field, monogram (MYPO) and grapes.

Mint and issuing power

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

Chios

Ancient regionAncient region.

Ionia

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 290 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 275 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

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: 4.084.08 g <br />4,080 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 2325
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=2325

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by bunch of grapes before

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Quadripartite incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Chios

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Ionia

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. 380 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

drachma

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Sear II2Sear II, n° 4603, Hardwick 19913Hardwick 1991, HGC 64HGC 6, n° 1124-1125
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/chios hardwick 1991 local 350-330

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
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.
^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
^ Hardwick, Nicholas (1991), The coinage of Chios from the sixth to fourth century B.C., Oxford, unpublished DPhil, xvi + 316 p.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.

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-|Sale=Lanz on Ebay (25/08/2018).
+|Image overstriking coin=Chios SO 781.jpg
+|Image overstruck variety=Chios 391.jpg
+|Sale=Lanz on Ebay, 25 Aug. 2018
 |Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots.
 |Reverse legend=AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. In field, monogram (MYPO) and grapes.
 |Mint=Chios
 |Ancient region=Ionia
-|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)
-|Date from=290
+|Date from=290 BCE
-|Date to=275
+|Date to=275 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=4.08
 |Diameter=19
-|Denomination=Drachma
+|Denomination=drachma
 |Standard=Attic
-|Coin series reference=M. J. Price, The coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus, Zurich-London, 1991, no. 2325.
+|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 2325
-|Overstruck obverse description=Sphinx.
+|Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=2325
+|Overstruck obverse description=Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by bunch of grapes before
+|Overstruck reverse description=Quadripartite incuse square
 |Overstruck mint=Chios
 |Overstruck ancient region=Ionia
+|Overstruck date from=380 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=330 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Classical
 |Overstruck denomination=drachma
+|Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Sear II, n° 4603; Hardwick 1991; HGC 6, n° 1124-1125
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/chios_hardwick_1991_local_350-330
+|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
+|Level of confidence=weak
 }}