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|Image overstriking coin=Mesembria 805 MacDonald 93.jpg | |Image overstriking coin=Mesembria 805 MacDonald 93.jpg | ||
|Image overstruck variety=Alexander the great tetradrachm.jpg | |Image overstruck variety=Alexander the great tetradrachm basilews.jpg | ||
|Private collection=MacDonald collection, n° 93 | |Private collection=MacDonald collection, n° 93 | ||
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | |Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | ||
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|Standard=Attic | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 124, n° 93 | |Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 124, n° 93 | ||
|Coin series reference=Karayotov 1994, n° 159, period II (O23-R78 monogram 25 variant); Price 1991, n° 1032 | |Coin series reference=Karayotov 1994, n° 159, period II (O23-R78 monogram 25 variant); Price 1991, n° 1032; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 276, n° 6 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=(visible: profile from front of head to neck, back of lion skin, trace of ties at neck). | |Overstruck obverse description=(visible: profile from front of head to neck, back of lion skin, trace of ties at neck). | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΑΣΙΛΕΩ | |Overstruck reverse legend=ΑΣΙΛΕΩ | ||
Revision as of 18:56, 17 May 2023
150 BCE - 110 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
Mesembria 805 MacDonald 93.jpg
Overstruck variety
Alexander the great tetradrachm basilews.jpg
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | MacDonald collection, n° 93 |
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, ΛA. In left field, Corinthian crested helmet. In exergue, monogram (AI). |
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. 150 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 110 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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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.4916.49 g <br />16,490 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> |
| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 2009, p. 124, n° 93 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Karayotov 19941Karayotov 1994, n° 159, period II (O23-R78 monogram 25 variant), Price 19912Price 1991, n° 1032, Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 276, n° 6 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | (visible: profile from front of head to neck, back of lion skin, trace of ties at neck). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΣΙΛΕΩ (visible: back of Zeus's head, arm, portion of scepter, vague traces in left field). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
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: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
