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|Image overstriking coin=Alexandria_Ptolemy_New_York,_ANS,_1974.26.5315.jpg | |||
|Image overstruck variety=Alexander_III_the_Great_Aradus.jpg | |||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2304741&AucID=5624&Lot=952 | |||
|Museum collection=New York, American Numismatic Society, 1974.26.5315 | |Museum collection=New York, American Numismatic Society, 1974.26.5315 | ||
|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. | ||
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|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 | ||
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|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 162; Zervos 1967; CPE I, n° 69 | |Coin series reference=Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 162; Zervos 1967; CPE I, n° 69 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1_1.69 | |Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1_1.69 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend=AΛEΞANΔPOY | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, monogram of AP | |||
|Overstruck mint=Aradus | |Overstruck mint=Aradus | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Syria | |Overstruck ancient region=Syria | ||
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC); Macedonian kingdom | |||
|Overstruck date from=320 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=300 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Price 1991 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | ||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 16:55, 30 January 2024
306 BCE - 305 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
Alexandria_Ptolemy_New_York,_ANS,_1974.26.5315.jpg
Overstruck variety
Alexander_III_the_Great_Aradus.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | New York, American Numismatic Society, 1974.26.5315 | |
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 (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: | 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.
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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: 15.615.6 g <br />15,600 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.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 162, Zervos 19672Zervos 1967, CPE I3CPE I, n° 69 | |
| 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.: | AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek) Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right, to left, monogram of AP |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Aradus | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Syria | Modern countryModern country: Syria | 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. 320 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.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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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: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
