3015 - Magnesia ad Maeandrum (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Rhodes (Helios/rose) (CNG, MBS 57, Apr. 2001, 207)
From SILVER
225 - 200 | AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 776 - Magnesia ad Maeandrum over Rhodes.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group 108 (16/05/2018), no. 190; Classical Numismatic Group MBS 57 (04/04/2001), no. 207. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. In left field, monogram (ΜΓ). At the exergue, meander. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Magnesia ad Maeandrum | Ancient regionAncient region. | Ionia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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) - pretended authority (types and name) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 225 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 | 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: 16.9216.92 g <br />16,920 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm | |
| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | M. J. Price1M. J. Price, The coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus, Zurich-London, 1991, no. 2032 var. (only one monogram) |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Helios. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Rose. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Rhodes | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Caria (Rhodes) | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
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 
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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References
- ^ M. J. Price
