3801 - Odessus (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Nicomedes (Nicomedes/Zeus) (MacDonald coll., 101)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3801

125 - 70 | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ ΟΔΗΣΙΤΩΝ

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.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ ΟΔΗΣΙΤΩΝ Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, star with six points. In left field, EKA.

Mint and issuing power

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

Odessus

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. 125 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70

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: 16,08",08" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.	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. 133, no. 101

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. 1197.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Nicomedes II right, wearing diadem.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(BAΣΙΛ)ΕΩΣ (ΕΠΙΦ)ΑΝΟΥ(Σ ΝΙΚΟΜHΔΟΥ) Zeus standing left, holding staff and proffering laurel wreath. Before, small eagle on thunderbolt, below, two-letter date and monogram (visible: lower portion of Zeus's staff, profile of back of Zeus's leg, trace of head, date, monogram).

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Bithynia

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Nicomedes III of Bithynia (king of Bithynia, c. 127-94 BC)?, Nicomedes IV of Bithynia (king of Bithynia, c. 94-74 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

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