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|Image overstruck variety=Alexander III the Great.jpg | |Image overstruck variety=Alexander III the Great.jpg | ||
Latest revision as of 07:54, 31 January 2024
306 BCE - 305 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
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Overstriking coin
Alexandria_Ptolemy_New_York, _American_Numismatic_Society, _1944.100.75562.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Alexander III the Great.jpg
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.
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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: 15.5315.53 g <br />15,530 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.: 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 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress (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.: | 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.
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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 19915Price 1991 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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