3213 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over First Macedon (Artemis/club) (New York, ANS, 1948.19.964): Difference between revisions
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|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1099; Karayotov 1992, n° 329; Karayotov 1994, p. 107, n° 694 (O74-R254 monogram 82) ; Callataÿ | |Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1099; Karayotov 1992, n° 329; Karayotov 1994, p. 107, n° 694 (O74-R254 monogram 82) ; Callataÿ 1994b, p. 334, D29/R3b ; Callataÿ 1997a, p. 102, D29/R3b; MacDonald 2009, p. 213, n° 15; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 277, n° 21 | ||
|Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1099 | |Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1099 | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=(visible: ΜΑΚΕΔ on the torso of Zeus). | |Overstruck reverse description=(visible: ΜΑΚΕΔ on the torso of Zeus). | ||
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110 BCE - 90 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
Mesembria 793 New York.jpg
Overstruck variety
Macedonia First meris.jpg
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | New York, American Numismatic Society, 1948.19.964 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Gautier 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, ΚΟ. In left field, Corinthian helmet and monogram. |
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. 110 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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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.5516.55 g <br />16,550 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.: 1.51.5 mm <br />0.15 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 31.531.5 mm <br />3.15 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1099, Karayotov 19922Karayotov 1992, n° 329, Karayotov 19943Karayotov 1994, p. 107, n° 694 (O74-R254 monogram 82), Callataÿ 1994b4Callataÿ 1994b, p. 334, D29/R3b, Callataÿ 1997a5Callataÿ 1997a, p. 102, D29/R3b, MacDonald 20096MacDonald 2009, p. 213, n° 15, Callataÿ 2021a7Callataÿ 2021a, p. 277, n° 21 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (visible: ΜΑΚΕΔ on the torso of Zeus). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Macedonia First Meris (Roman Province), Roman province of Macedonia |
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.. | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
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
- ^ 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 (1992), Mонетосеченето на Mесамбрия, Спектър - АЛ, Burgas, 130 p.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
