3737 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 98)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3737

90 BCE - 70 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩ AΛΕΞANΔΡ (sic)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 826 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) over Thasos.jpg

Overstruck variety

Thasos tetradrachm.jpg [1]

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection, n° 98

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩ AΛΕΞANΔΡ (sic) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram. In field, Corinthian crested helmet and ΔΑ.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Mesembria

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria

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)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 90 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE

hellenistic 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: 16.7916.79 g <br />16,790 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

MacDonald 2009, p. 129, n° 98

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Karayotov 19941Karayotov 1994, p. 93, n° 286-288 (O47-R128 monogram combination 43), Price 19912Price 1991, n° 1047

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath (visible: upper part of the head in the upper field and bust termination).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Herakles standing, nude, holding lion skin and club.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Thasos

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Thrace

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. 148 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Karayotov, Ivan (1994), The coinage of Mesambria. vol. 1: silver and gold coins of Mesambria, Centre of Underwater Archaeology, Sozopol, 134 p. and 44 pl.
^ 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.