3209 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, MBS 58, Sept. 2001, 737): Difference between revisions
From SILVER
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Overstrike | {{Overstrike | ||
|Image overstriking coin=Alexandria_Ptolemy_CNG_MBS_58_19_sept._2001_737.jpg | |||
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=4417&AucID=7&Lot=737 | |||
|Image overstruck variety=Alexander III the Great.jpg | |||
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 58, 19 Sept. 2001, 737 | |Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 58, 19 Sept. 2001, 737 | ||
|Obverse description=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. | |Obverse description=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. | ||
| Line 7: | Line 10: | ||
|Mint=Alexandria | |Mint=Alexandria | ||
|Ancient region=Egypt | |Ancient region=Egypt | ||
|Authority= | |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 from=306 BCE | ||
|Date to=305 BCE | |Date to=305 BCE | ||
| Line 17: | Line 20: | ||
|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 146; Zervos 1967; CPE I, n° 59 | |Coin series reference=Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 146; Zervos 1967; CPE I, n° 59 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1_1.59 | |Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1_1.59 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head right | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre | |||
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon | |||
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC); Macedonian kingdom | |||
|Overstruck date from=332 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=300 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Price 1991 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | ||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
|Remarks="overstruck on uncertain type" | |||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 20:33, 29 January 2024
306 BCE - 305 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
Alexandria_Ptolemy_CNG_MBS_58_19_sept._2001_737.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Alexander III the Great.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 58, 19 Sept. 2001, 737 | |
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, monogram (ΠΑ). In the right field, monogram (AT), below monogram (AΔΦP) 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: 15.615.6 g <br />15,600 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
|
|
| StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 146, Zervos 19672Zervos 1967, CPE I3CPE I, n° 59 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre |
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 19914Price 1991 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on uncertain type" | ||
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.
- ^ 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.
