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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3802

130 BCE - 90 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Mesembria 842 Gemini.jpg

Overstruck variety

Alexander the great Odessus KOI.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gemini, 14, 18 Apr. 2018, lot 117
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Ph. T. Ashton Collection; K. Dorney collection (purchased in 12/1999)

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, monogram (ΑΠO). 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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.6816.68 g <br />16,680 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1082
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1082

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ to left (Greek) Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre, monogram in inner left field, KOI below throne

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Odessus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria

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. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1164, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1584
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1164

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	The letters KOI are still visible

References

a b 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.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.

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 |Image overstriking coin=Mesembria 842 Gemini.jpg
+|Image overstruck variety=Alexander the great Odessus KOI.jpg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1599056&AucID=3374&Lot=17
 |Sale=Gemini, 14, 18 Apr. 2018, lot 117
 |Private collection=Ph. T. Ashton Collection; K. Dorney collection (purchased in 12/1999)
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 |Standard=Attic
 |Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 1082
+|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1082
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
+|Overstruck reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ to left
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck reverse description=Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre, monogram in inner left field, KOI below throne
+|Overstruck mint=Odessus
+|Overstruck ancient region=Thrace
+|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
+|Overstruck date from=250 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=200 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
 |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
 |Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Price 1991, n° 1164; HGC 3.2, n° 1584
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1164
 |Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
-|Remarks=Overstruck; traces of undertype visible behind head on obverse and at 3-4 o'clock on reverse edge
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks=The letters KOI are still visible
 }}