2912 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (MacDonald coll., 143)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2912

307 - 305 | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection

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 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 (AX) 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:

Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC), Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) - pretended authority (name and portrait)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 307 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.6915.69 g <br />15,690 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.: 1 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 190-191, no. 143

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals1SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 29, J. N. Svoronos2J. N. Svoronos, Τα νομίσματα του κράτους των Πτολεμαίων, Athens, 1904–1908, no. 162., C. C. Lorber3C. C. Lorber, Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire: Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, New York, 2018, no. 69.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin (visible: nose, mouth, chin, and portion of back of lion skin in field on reverse).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Zeus seated left, holding eagle and staff. In fields, monograms (visible: outline of Zeus's head and shoulders, upper portion of staff on upper portion of elephant skin, lower portion of staff and three feet of throne in field near edge of coin before Alexander's mouth and chin).

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) - type

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

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