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|Coin series reference=Callataÿ 1987b, p. 239, R7 ; Price 1991, n° 1047 ; Karayotov 1994, p. 93, n° 294 (O47-R133, monogram 43) ; Callataÿ 1994b, p. 336, D31/R6b. ; Callataÿ | |Coin series reference=Callataÿ 1987b, p. 239, R7 ; Price 1991, n° 1047 ; Karayotov 1994, p. 93, n° 294 (O47-R133, monogram 43) ; Callataÿ 1994b, p. 336, D31/R6b. ; Callataÿ 1997a, p. 103 ; MacDonald 2009, p. 213, n° 12 | ||
|Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1047 | |Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1047 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath (visible: profile on the right field). | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath (visible: profile on the right field). | ||
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175 BCE - 125 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩ AΛΕΞΛΙΛΔ
Images
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, Mannheim 14 (31/05-02/06/1978), lot 12. | |
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.: | BAΣΙΛΕΩ AΛΕΞΛΙΛΔ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the 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 
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3636 mm <br />3.6 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Callataÿ 1987b1Callataÿ 1987b, p. 239, R7, Price 19912Price 1991, n° 1047, Karayotov 19943Karayotov 1994, p. 93, n° 294 (O47-R133, monogram 43), Callataÿ 1994b4Callataÿ 1994b, p. 336, D31/R6b., Callataÿ 1997a5Callataÿ 1997a, p. 103, MacDonald 20096MacDonald 2009, p. 213, n° 12 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath (visible: profile on the right field). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (HP)AKΛEO(YΣ ΣΩ)ΤΗΡΟΣ (ΘΑΣΙΩΝ) (Greek) 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
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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: | ||
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References
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1987), "Certains alexandres de Mésembria et le problème des imitations", Cahiers Numismatiques 24/91, p. 238-242
- ^ 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.
- ^ Karayotov, Ivan (1994), The coinage of Mesambria. vol. 1: silver and gold coins of Mesambria, Centre of Underwater Archaeology, Sozopol, 134 p. and 44 pl.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1994), "Les derniers alexandres posthumes frappés à Odessos et Mésembria", in Settlement Life in Ancient Thrace. IIIrd International Symposium "Cabyle", 17-21 May 1993, Jambol (Bulgaria), p. 300-342
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
