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

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3196

175 BCE - 125 BCE | BAΣΙΛEΩ ΑΛΞΞΛIΛΔ (sic)

Images

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) 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. 175 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 125 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:

D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 213, no. 11., I. Karayotov, The coinage of Mesambria. vol. 1 : silver and gold coins of Mesambria, Sozopol, 1994, p. 93, no. 292 (O47-R132, monogram 43)., Fr. de Callataÿ, L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1997, p. 103, D31/R5a., Fr. de Callataÿ, "Les derniers alexandres posthumes frappés à Odessos et Mesembria", Studies on the Settlement Life in Ancient Thrace. Proceedings of the IIIrd International Symposium "Cabyle". 17-23 May 1993, Jambol, 1994, p. 336, D31/R5a., Fr. de Callataÿ, "Certains Alexandres de Mesambria et le problème des imitations", Cahiers Numismatiques 24/91 (1987), p. 242., Fr. de Callataÿ, "Certains alexandres de Mésembria et le problème des imitations", Cahiers Numismatiques 24/91 (1987), p. 239, R6.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

M. J. Price1M. J. Price, The coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus, Zurich-London, 1991, no. 1047.

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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References

^ M. J. Price

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 |Mint=Mesembria
 |Ancient region=Thrace
-|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=175
+|Date from=175 BCE
-|Date to=125
+|Date to=125 BCE
 |Period=hellenistic
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=16.88
 |Diameter=40
-|Axis=12 h
+|Axis=12
-|Denomination=Tetradrachm
+|Denomination=tetradrachm
 |Standard=Attic
 |Coin reference=D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 213, no. 11. ;  I. Karayotov, The coinage of Mesambria. vol. 1 : silver and gold coins of Mesambria, Sozopol, 1994, p. 93, no. 292 (O47-R132; monogram 43). ; Fr. de Callataÿ, L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1997, p. 103, D31/R5a. ; Fr. de Callataÿ, "Les derniers alexandres posthumes frappés à Odessos et Mesembria", Studies on the Settlement Life in Ancient Thrace. Proceedings of the IIIrd International Symposium "Cabyle". 17-23 May 1993, Jambol, 1994, p. 336, D31/R5a. ; Fr. de Callataÿ, "Certains Alexandres de Mesambria et le problème des imitations", Cahiers Numismatiques 24/91 (1987), p. 242. ; Fr. de Callataÿ, "Certains alexandres de Mésembria et le problème des imitations", Cahiers Numismatiques 24/91 (1987), p. 239, R6.