3130 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Thasos (Dionysus/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 99)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3130

175 - 125 | BAΣΙΛΕΩ AΛΕΞΛΙΛΔ (sic)

Images

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection

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.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩ AΛΕΞΛΙΛΔ (sic) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram (ΠΥ). In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and ΔΑ.

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) - pretended authority (types and name)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 175 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 125

hellenistic 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: 16.9816.98 g <br />16,980 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.
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 129-130, no. 99

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

I. Karayotov1I. Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria. Volume I. Silver and Gold Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol, 1994, p. 93, no. 295 (O47-R134, monogram combination 43).2monogram combination 43)., M. J. Price3M. J. Price, The coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus, Zurich-London, 1991, no. 1047.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath (visible: slight traces).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(H)P(AK)ΛEO(YΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ) Herakles standing, nude, holding lion skin and club. In field, letter or monogram (visible: trailing edge of lion skin).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Thasos

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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

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