Alexandria

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 297

The mint at the ancient site of Memphis in Egypt.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Alexandria (Ptolemy I), gold, trichrysa (300-285 BCE)		Gold	154,224 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy I), gold, 10th trichrysa (294-282 BCE)		Gold	16,513 kg
Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, trichrysa (274-272 BCE)		Gold	63,903 kg
S 2061 - Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, mnaieia (272-260 BCE)		Gold	121,160 kg
S 2062 - Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, pentekontadrachma (272-260 BCE)		Gold	165,855 kg
S 2063 - Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, quarter mnaieia (272-260 BCE)		Gold	3,878 kg
S 929 - Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, eighth mnaieia (272-260 BCE)		Gold	1,118 kg
S 2064 - Alexandria (Ptolemy II), gold, mnaieia (261-245 BCE)		Gold	92,352 kg
H 313 - Alexandria (Ptolemy III-Arsinoe), silver, decadrachms (246-221 BCE)		Silver	24,564 kg
S 667 - Alexandria, gold, pentadrachm		Gold	19,217 kg
S 991 - Alexandria (Ptolemy IV), silver, tetradrachms (219-215 BCE)		Silver	7,199 kg
S 2065 - Alexandria (Ptolemy III), gold, mnaieia (219-217 BCE)		Gold	37,196 kg
S 669 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), silver, octodrachms (205-195 BCE)		Silver	2,170 kg
S 668 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (205-195 BCE)		Silver	40,397 kg
RQEM ad. 663 - Alexandria, gold, mnaieion, 204-81 BC		Gold	158,238 kg
S 665 - Alexandria, gold, mnaieion, 204-81 BC		Gold	231,895 kg
S 2042 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (199-198 BCE)		Silver	1,847 kg
S 2043 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (thunderbolt) (199-198 BCE)		Silver	589 kg
S 2044 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), gold, mnaieia (199-198 BCE)		Gold	19,071 kg
S 666 - Alexandria, gold, mnaieion		Gold	341,412 kg
S 670 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 165-154 BC		Silver	63,853 kg
S 671 - Alexandria, silver, didrachm, 165-154 BC		Silver	822 kg
S 673 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 155-145 BC		Silver	13,516 kg
S 674 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 146-116 BC		Silver	52,920 kg
S 675 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 117-107 BC		Silver	86,078 kg
S 676 - Alexandria, silver, didrachm, 116-114 BC		Silver	1,338 kg
S 677 - Alexandria (Ptolemy X and Cleopatra III), silver, hemidrachms (116-115 BCE)		Silver	4,235 kg
S 107 - Alexandria, bronze, NC, 115/4-114/3 BC		Bronze
S 108 - Alexandria, bronze, NC, 115/4-114/3 BC		Bronze
S 678 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 107-101 BC		Silver	28,662 kg
S 679 - Alexandria, silver, tetradrachm, 102-88 BC		Silver	39,274 kg
S 680 - Alexandria (Ptolemy IX), silver, tetradrachms (89-81 BCE)		Silver	4,695 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
24280 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 73) over uncertain type (Malter, XXXII, Nov. 1985, 177)		Silver	306 BC JL
2976 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 67) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.5314)		Silver	306 BC JL
24245 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75559)		Silver	306 BC JL
3731 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 63) over uncertain type (Nomos, Obolos 8, Dec. 2017, 384)		Silver	306 BC JL
3684 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75624)		Silver	306 BC JL
24158 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Triton, VII, Jan. 2004, 372)		Silver	306 BC JL
2912 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (MacDonald coll., 143)		Silver	306 BC JL
3727 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Auctiones, 29, June 2003, 782)		Silver	306 BC JL
24283 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 476, Sept. 2020, 171)		Silver	306 BC JL
3617 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Pegasi Numismatics, 35, Oct. 2016, 220)		Silver	306 BC JL
24248 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.5305)		Silver	306 BC JL
3810 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Aradus (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1974.26.5315)		Silver	306 BC JL
3235 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75560)		Silver	306 BC JL
3277 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over uncertain type (Triton, X, Jan. 2007, 414)		Silver	306 BC JL
3489 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (Elsen, 86, Dec. 2005, 146)		Silver	306 BC JL
3809 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 61) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Schulman, 231, March 1958, 3700a)		Silver	306 BC JL
24288 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 77) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 11, Feb. 2020, 1108)		Silver	306 BC JL
3866 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75586)		Silver	306 BC JL
3090 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Heritage, Signature Sale 3061, Jan. 2018, 29267)		Silver	306 BC JL
3690 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio, 160, June 2011, 6046)		Silver	306 BC JL
3507 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Babylon (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75608)		Silver	306 BC JL
3177 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Helios, 4, Oct. 2009, 62)		Silver	306 BC JL
24273 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 27, Sept. 2023, 878)		Silver	306 BC JL
3151 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Dorotheum, Nov. 2013, 82)		Silver	306 BC JL
3278 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Ebay, seller Autorarities, Aug. 2015, 2015BK13)		Silver	306 BC JL
3281 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (Berk, BBS 105, Nov. 1998, 293)		Silver	306 BC JL
3783 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over uncertain type (Auctiones, EA 13, Febr. 2013, 35)		Silver	306 BC JL
3467 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 70) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Nomos, Obolos 8, Dec. 2017, 383)		Silver	306 BC JL
24218 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 63) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 269, March 2020, 673)		Silver	306 BC JL
3806 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (CNG, 103, Dec. 2016, 395)		Silver	306 BC JL
2949 - Alexandria (Ptolmey I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, MBS 67, Sept. 2004, 936)		Silver	306 BC JL
2998 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over uncertain type (Stack's Bowers and Ponterio, NY Auction, Jan. 2016, 30137)		Silver	306 BC JL
3440 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over uncertain type (Hess-Divo, 314, May 2009, 1253)		Silver	306 BC JL
3396 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75634)		Silver	306 BC JL
3680 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 72) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Heritage, 3035, Sept. 2014, 29120)		Silver	306 BC JL
3209 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, MBS 58, Sept. 2001, 737)		Silver	306 BC JL
3661 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 65) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75562)		Silver	306 BC JL
22855 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (AE Alexander/eagle CPE B23) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 550, Nov. 2023, 274)		Bronze	300 BC JL
24270 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (AE Alexander/eagle CPE B23) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 553, Jan. 2024, 177)		Bronze	300 BC JL
3771 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (AE Alexander/eagle CPE B31) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (CNG, EA 178, Dec. 2007, 26)		Bronze	300 BC JL
24277 - Alexandria (Ptolemy IV or V) (AE 32mm Heracles/eagle) over uncertain type (CNG, Keystone 8, 23 Aug. 2022, 45)		Bronze	220 BC JL
2924 - Alexandria (Cleopatra and Antony) (denarius Cleopatra/Antony) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 97, Sept. 2014, 613)		Silver	34 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
3104 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.5)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3595 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 265, oct. 2011, 214)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3545 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.6)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3442 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Alexander/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 79)		Bronze	280 BC JL
2957 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Alexander/eagle) (CNG, EA 268, Nov. 2011, 147)		Bronze	280 BC JL
2855 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, MBS 68, May 2008, 965)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3533 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Ebay seller Zuqieh, 5 Nov. 2017)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3640 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 84)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3552 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Holy Land Auction, EA 5, April 2016, 16)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3043 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Ebay Holyland Ancient Coins Corporation, 2020)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3233 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Alexander/eagle) (CNG, MBS 76, Sept. 2007, 825)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3208 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 187, Apr. 2008, 48)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3622 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.4)		Bronze	280 BC JL
2856 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 243, Oct. 2010, 167)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3719 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.9)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3105 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 86)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3865 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 80)		Bronze	280 BC JL
25016 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 119, Apr. 2024, 856)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3366 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 6, Feb. 2014, 230)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3686 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 192, July 2008, 99)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3336 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 78)		Bronze	280 BC JL
24461 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 113, Sept. 2023, 359)		Bronze	280 BC JL
24401 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 117, Feb. 2024, 429)		Bronze	280 BC JL
2884 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 81)		Bronze	280 BC JL
3491 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Dubai, Zurquieh, Ebay, April 2017)		Bronze	280 BC JL
2869 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.15)		Bronze	280 BC JL
24376 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 117, Feb. 2024, 429)		Bronze	280 BC JL
24466 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 113, Sept. 2023, 360)		Bronze	280 BC JL
2849 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (New York, ANS, 2010.55.10)		Bronze	280 BC JL
SO 970 - Rome over uncertain mint		Bronze	225 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	http://nomisma.org/id/memphis
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Memphis in Egypt.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	736963
Ancient regionAncient region.	Egypt Nomisma: greek_egypt
Modern countryModern country	Egypt
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	29° 50' 40.80" N, 31° 15' 3.30" E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Memphis,_Egypt https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/736963 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7001186 https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/ort/17

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Literature

• Carlen 2019
• CPE I
• Olivier 2012
• Roche-Lévêque 2023
• Troxell 1983
• Van Driessche 1987

Authors

• Eric Carlen
• Thomas Faucher
• Catharine C. Lorber
• Julien Olivier
• Augustin Roche-Lévêque
• Hyla A. Troxell
• Véronique Van Driessche