SO 765 - Ptolemais-Ake over Susa
From SILVER
308 - 307 | AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
Images
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | M. Kawabiki collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. In left field, date (year 39). Border of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Ptolemais-Ake | Ancient regionAncient region. | Syria (Phoenicia) | Modern countryModern country: Israel | 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. 308 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 307 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm | ||
| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | H. Nicolet-Pierre, "Un pseudo-alexandre phénicien surfrappé", Bulletin de la Société Française de Numismatique 41/3 (1986), p. 21-23, no. 1. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | M. J. Price1M. J. Price, The coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus, Zurich-London, 1991, no. 3297. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin. Border of dots (visible on obverse: profile) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Border of dots (visible on reverse: legs, arm, throne, ΔΑ and monogram) |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Susa | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Susiana | Modern countryModern country: Iran | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
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
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ M. J. Price
