3507 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Babylon (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75608)
From SILVER
307 - 305 | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | New York, American Numismatic Society, 1944.100.75608 | ||
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | E. T. Newell collection | Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | IGCH 1675 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing a diadem with the horn of Zeus Ammon, an elephant skin headdress and aegis around his neck. Before elephant's ear, Δ. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Athena Alkidemos advancing to right, brandishing spear with her right hand and with a shield on her left arm. In the right field, Corinthian helmet, below monogram (AX) and eagle on thunderbolt. Border of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Alexandria | Ancient regionAncient region. | Egypt | Modern countryModern country: Egypt | 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: | Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC), Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) - pretended authority (name and portrait) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 307 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 | 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: 15.6615.66 g <br />15,660 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.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | B. E. Levy, "The overstruck coinage of Ptolemy I", American Numismatic Society Museum notes 6 (1954), pl. XII, no 3 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals1SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 29, J. N. Svoronos2J. N. Svoronos, Τα νομίσματα του κράτους των Πτολεμαίων, Athens, 1904–1908, no. 162., C. C. Lorber3C. C. Lorber, Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire: Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, New York, 2018, no. 69. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | (visible: indistinct marks). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (visible: on cheek of Alexander, traces of Zeus' throne, with beaded line of his staff behind it). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Babylon | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Babylonia | Modern countryModern country: Iraq | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) - type |
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
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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