3704 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (London, BM, 1879-7-12-1)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3704

150 BCE - 100 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Mesembria 816 London BM.jpg

Overstruck variety

396 - Thasos (tetradrachm) over Aesillas (Lanz, 121, 22 Nov. 2004, 160) overstruck variety.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1879-7-12-1
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Tucker coll.

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.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram ( ΑΣΡ). In left field, Corinthian crested helmet.

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. 150 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 BCE

hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.5215.52 g <br />15,520 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Price 1991, n° 1005	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1005, Karayotov 19942Karayotov 1994, 90, n° 204 [O34–R96], Callataÿ 2021a3Callataÿ 2021a, p. 276, n° 11
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/pella/results?q=1005

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(visible: olive wreath in the left field).

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:

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	Karayotov: "overstruck on a “shield/Athena” tetradrachm of Antigonus Gonatas’, pl. XVIII (nb: overstruck on enigmatic type, unlikely to be Antigonos Gonatas ‘Shield/Athens’ - more likely Aesillas [or Athens])