2164 - Alabanda (tetradrachm Apollo/Pegasus) over Antiochus III (Antiochus/Apollo) (CNG, MBS 67, Sept. 2004, 735)
From SILVER
190 - 185 | ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΩΝ
Images
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group MBS 67 (22/09/2004), no. 735 ; Empire Coins 7 (02/05/1987), no. 70 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | G. R. Drewry Collection ; Muharrem Kayhan Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΩΝ Pegasus springing left. Below, monogram and ΘΕΟΚΛΗΣ (magistrate name). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Alabanda | Ancient regionAncient region. | Caria | 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 190 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 185 | 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.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.7516.75 g <br />16,750 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.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3434 mm <br />3.4 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Turkey 1: The Muharrem Kayhan Collection, Part 2, Istanbul, 2015, no. 1609 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Meadows 20081Meadows 2008 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Antiochus III the Great (Seleucid king, 222-187 BC) |
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: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Meadows, Andrew (2008), Alabanda in Caria: A Hellenistic City and Its Coinage, unpublished DPhil, Oxford, 501 p. and 50 pl.
