3279 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Shoumen, HM, Haralanov coll. 105.5.3): Difference between revisions
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|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=11853&AucID=11&Lot=318 | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=11853&AucID=11&Lot=318 | ||
|Museum collection=Shoumen, HM, Haralanov Coll. 105.5(3) | |Museum collection=Shoumen, HM, Haralanov Coll. 105.5(3) | ||
|Sale=Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, | |Sale=Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, 14, 31 may-2 June 1978, lot 12 | ||
|Private collection=Haralanov Collection | |Private collection=Haralanov Collection | ||
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | |Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | ||
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|Ancient region=Thrace | |Ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) | |Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) | ||
|Date from= | |Date from=130 BCE | ||
|Date to= | |Date to=90 BCE | ||
|Period=hellenistic | |Period=hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
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|Denomination=tetradrachm | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Standard=Attic | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1077 ; MacDonald 2009, p. 213, n° 9. ; Karayotov 1994, p. 95, n° 358 (O49-R163 monogram 47) ; Callataÿ 1997a, p. 103, D31/R6b. ; Callataÿ 1993d, p. 336, D31/R6b | |Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1077 ; MacDonald 2009, p. 213, n° 9. ; Karayotov 1994, p. 95, n° 358 (O49-R163 monogram 47) ; Callataÿ 1997a, p. 103, D31/R6b. ; Callataÿ 1993d, p. 336, D31/R6b; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 277, n° 17 | ||
|Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1077 | |Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1077 | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=(visible: border of dots with feathers (Athens?) in the lower field of the reverse). | |Overstruck reverse description=(visible: border of dots with feathers (Athens?) in the lower field of the reverse). | ||
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|Overstruck ancient region=Attica | |Overstruck ancient region=Attica | ||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | |||
|Level of confidence=weak | |||
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Revision as of 16:44, 17 May 2023
130 BCE - 90 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Athena attic helmet .jpeg [1]
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Shoumen, HM, Haralanov Coll. 105.5(3) | Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, 14, 31 may-2 June 1978, lot 12 |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Haralanov 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.: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, KO. In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and MA. |
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. 130 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 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).: 3434 mm <br />3.4 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1077, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 213, n° 9., Karayotov 19943Karayotov 1994, p. 95, n° 358 (O49-R163 monogram 47), Callataÿ 1997a4Callataÿ 1997a, p. 103, D31/R6b., Callataÿ 1993d5Callataÿ 1993d, p. 336, D31/R6b, Callataÿ 2021a6Callataÿ 2021a, p. 277, n° 17 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (visible: border of dots with feathers (Athens?) in the lower field of the reverse). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Athens | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Attica | 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: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
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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.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- ^ 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 (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1993), "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, Istoricheski muzei.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Bernhard Weisser (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.
