175 BCE - 125 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
| Museum collectionMuseum collection:
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Shoumen, HM, Haralanov Coll. 105.5(3)
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, Mannheim 14 (31/05-02/06/1978), n° 12.
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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Haralanov Collection
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, KO. In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and MA.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Mesembria
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Thrace
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Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria
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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:
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Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 175 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 125 BCE
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hellenistic 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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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3434 mm <br />3.4 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 213, no. 9., I. Karayotov, The coinage of Mesambria. vol. 1 : silver and gold coins of Mesambria, Sozopol, 1994, p. 95, no. 358 (O49-R163, monogram 47)., Fr. de Callataÿ, L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1997, p. 103, D31/R6b., Fr. de Callataÿ, "Les derniers alexandres posthumes frappés à Odessos et Mesembria", Studies on the Settlement Life in Ancient Thrace. Proceedings of the IIIrd International Symposium "Cabyle". 17-23 May 1993, Jambol, 1994, p. 336, D31/R6b.
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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M. J. Price1M. J. Price, The coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus, Zurich-London, 1991, no. 1077.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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(visible: border of dots with feathers (Athens?) in the lower field of the reverse).
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Athens
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Attica
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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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:
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tetradrachm
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