3015 - Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Rhodes (Helios/rose) (CNG, MBS 57, Apr. 2001, 207): Difference between revisions
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|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots. | |Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots. | ||
|Reverse legend=AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ | |Reverse legend=AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ | ||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. In left field, monogram (ΜΓ). At the exergue, meander. | |Reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. In left field, monogram (ΜΓ). At the exergue, meander. | ||
|Mint=Magnesia ad Maeandrum | |Mint=Magnesia ad Maeandrum | ||
|Ancient region=Ionia | |Ancient region=Ionia | ||
|Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC | |Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) | ||
|Date from=225 | |Date from=225 BCE | ||
|Date to=200 | |Date to=200 BCE | ||
|Period=Hellenistic | |||
|Metal=Silver | |||
|Weight=16.92 | |Weight=16.92 | ||
|Denomination= | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Standard=Attic | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 2032 var. (only one monogram) | ||
|Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2032 | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Helios. | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Helios. | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Rose. | |Overstruck reverse description=Rose. | ||
Revision as of 20:03, 15 May 2023
225 BCE - 200 BCE | AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 776 - Magnesia ad Maeandrum over Rhodes.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group 108 (16/05/2018), no. 190; Classical Numismatic Group MBS 57 (04/04/2001), no. 207. | |
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 left field, monogram (ΜΓ). At the exergue, meander. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Magnesia ad Maeandrum | Ancient regionAncient region. | Ionia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 225 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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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: 16.9216.92 g <br />16,920 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: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Price 19911Price 1991, n° 2032 var. (only one monogram) | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Helios. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Rose. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Rhodes | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Caria (Rhodes) | 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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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| 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.
