3196 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Paris, BnF, R1825): Difference between revisions
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|Image overstriking coin=Mesembria 385 Paris.jpg | |||
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10304574f.r=mesembria%20t%C3%A9tradrachme?rk=515024;0 | |||
|Image overstruck variety=Thasos tetradrachm.jpg | |||
|Museum collection=Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, R1825 | |Museum collection=Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, R1825 | ||
|Private collection=H. Seyrig collection | |Private collection=H. Seyrig collection | ||
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | |Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | ||
|Reverse legend=BAΣΙΛEΩ ΑΛΞΞΛIΛΔ (sic) | |Reverse legend=BAΣΙΛEΩ ΑΛΞΞΛIΛΔ (sic) | ||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under throne, monogram (ΠΥ). In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and ΔΑ. | |Reverse description=Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under throne, monogram (ΠΥ). In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and ΔΑ. | ||
|Mint=Mesembria | |Mint=Mesembria | ||
|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=90 BCE | ||
|Date to= | |Date to=70 BCE | ||
|Period=hellenistic | |Period=hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
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|Denomination=tetradrachm | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Standard=Attic | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin reference= | |Coin reference=Callataÿ 1987b, p. 242 | ||
|Coin series reference=Callataÿ 1987b, p. 242; Price 1991, n° 1047; Karayotov 1994, p. 93, n° 292 (O47-R132 monogram 43); Callataÿ 1994b, p. 336, D31/R5a; Callataÿ 1997, p. 103, D31/R5a; MacDonald 2009, p. 213, n° 11; Callataÿ 2021a, p. 277, n° 22 | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=(HP)AKΛE(OYΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ) | |Overstruck reverse legend=(HP)AKΛE(OYΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ) | ||
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|Overstruck ancient region=Thrace | |Overstruck ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 20:25, 17 May 2023
90 BCE - 70 BCE | BAΣΙΛEΩ ΑΛΞΞΛIΛΔ (sic)
Images
Overstriking coin
Mesembria 385 Paris.jpg [1], [0]
Overstruck variety
Thasos tetradrachm.jpg
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) (Greek) 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. 90 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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: 16.8816.88 g <br />16,880 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.: 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: | Callataÿ 1987b, p. 242 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Callataÿ 1987b1Callataÿ 1987b, p. 242, Price 19912Price 1991, n° 1047, Karayotov 19943Karayotov 1994, p. 93, n° 292 (O47-R132 monogram 43), Callataÿ 1994b4Callataÿ 1994b, p. 336, D31/R5a, Callataÿ 19975Callataÿ 1997, p. 103, D31/R5a, MacDonald 20096MacDonald 2009, p. 213, n° 11, Callataÿ 2021a7Callataÿ 2021a, p. 277, n° 22 |
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
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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
- ^ 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 1997
- ^ 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.
