3095 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, 14, May-June 1978, 12)
From SILVER
175 BCE - 125 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩ AΛΕΞΛΙΛΔ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, Mannheim 14 (31/05-02/06/1978), lot 12. | |
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 AΛΕΞΛΙΛΔ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram (ΠΥ). In left 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. 175 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 125 BCE | hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
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).: 3636 mm <br />3.6 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 213, no. 12., I. Karayotov, The coinage of Mesambria. vol. 1 : silver and gold coins of Mesambria, Sozopol, 1994, p. 93, no. 294 (O47-R133, monogram 43)., 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., Fr. de Callataÿ, L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1997, p. 103, D?/R?., Fr. de Callataÿ, "Certains alexandres de Mésembria et le problème des imitations", Cahiers Numismatiques 24/91 (1987), p. 239, R7. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | I. Karayotov1I. Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria. Volume I. Silver and Gold Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol, 1994, n° 294 (O47-R133)., M. J. Price2M. J. Price, The coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus, Zurich-London, 1991, no. 1047. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath (visible: profile on the right field). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (HP)AKΛEO(YΣ ΣΩ)ΤΗΡΟΣ (ΘΑΣΙΩΝ) (Greek) Herakles standing, nude, holding lion skin and club. In field, letter or monogram. |
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. 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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