125 BCE - 70 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram. In left field, Corinthian crested helmet. At the exergue, monogram.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Mesembria
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Thrace
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Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria
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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:
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Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 125 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE
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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.: Silver
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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G. Severeanu, "Etude sur les Tétradrachmes au type Alexandre le Grand frappés dans les villes pontiques de la Moesie inférieure", Buletinul Societatii Numismatice Române XIX, no. 51-52 (Iulie-Decembrie 1924), p. 5-59, pl. I-II (p. 56, figur 5).
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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M. J. Price1M. J. Price, The coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus, Zurich-London, 1991, no. ??
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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visible on reverse: ΘΑΣΙΩΝ
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Thasos
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Thrace
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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