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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3661

306 BCE - 305 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	New York, American Numismatic Society, 1944.100.75562
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	E. T. Newell collection	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Demanhur, 1896 (IGCH 1671)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing a diadem with the horn of Zeus Ammon, an elephant skin headdress and aegis around his neck. Before elephant's ear, Δ. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Athena Alkidemos advancing to right, brandishing spear with her right hand and with a shield on her left arm. In the right field, Corinthian helmet, below monogram (HP) and eagle on thunderbolt. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Alexandria

Ancient regionAncient region.

Egypt

Modern countryModern country: Egypt

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), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 306 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

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: 15.5315.53 g <br />15,530 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 />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Levy 1954, pl. XIII, n° 7	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 170, Levy 19542Levy 1954, pl. XIII, n° 7, Zervos 19673Zervos 1967, CPE I4CPE I, n° 65
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1 1.65

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

(visible on reverse of the coin: profile of Alexander, with lips below the eagle's tail of the new type, eye behind the eagle's head, above, Athena's shield, the crinkled top of the earlier elephant-skin headdress).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 332 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Price 19915Price 1991

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1904-1908), Τὰ νομίσματα τοῦ κράτους τῶν Πτολεμαίων (Ta nomismata tou kratous tōn Ptolemaiōn - The coins of the Ptolemaic rulers), Athens, 4 v., 68 pl.
^ Levy, Brooks Emmons (1954), "The overstruck coinage of Ptolemy I", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 6, p. 69-84, pl. XII-XIII.
^ Zervos, Orestes H. (1967), "The early tetradrachms of Ptolemy I," American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes, 13, p. 1-16, pl. I-IV.
^ Lorber, Catharine C. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.
^ 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.

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 |Mint=Alexandria
 |Ancient region=Egypt
-|Authority=Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC); Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC); Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC)
+|Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC); Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC); Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC)
 |Date from=306 BCE
 |Date to=305 BCE
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 |Denomination=tetradrachm
 |Standard=Ptolemaic
-|Coin reference=Levyb1954, pl. XIII, n° 7
+|Coin reference=Levy 1954, pl. XIII, n° 7
-|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 170; Zervos 1967; CPE I, n° 65
+|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 170; Levy 1954, pl. XIII, n° 7; Zervos 1967; CPE I, n° 65
 |Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1_1.65
 |Overstruck obverse description=(visible on reverse of the coin: profile of Alexander, with lips below the eagle's tail of the new type, eye behind the eagle's head; above, Athena's shield, the crinkled top of the earlier elephant-skin headdress).