3507 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 69) over Babylon (Alexander the Great) (Heracles/Zeus) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.75608)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3507

306 BCE - 305 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	New York, American Numismatic Society, 1944.100.75608
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	E. T. Newell collection	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	IGCH 1675

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing a diadem with the horn of Zeus Ammon, an elephant skin headdress and aegis around his neck. Before elephant's ear, Δ. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Athena Alkidemos advancing to right, brandishing spear with her right hand and with a shield on her left arm. In the right field, Corinthian helmet, below monogram (AX) and eagle on thunderbolt. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Alexandria

Ancient regionAncient region.

Egypt

Modern countryModern country: Egypt

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:

Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC), Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 306 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

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: 15.6615.66 g <br />15,660 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 />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Levy 1954, pl. XII, n° 3	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 162, Levy 19542Levy 1954, pl. XII, n° 3, Zervos 19673Zervos 1967, CPE I4CPE I, n° 69
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1 1.69

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

(visible: indistinct marks).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(visible: on cheek of Alexander, traces of Zeus' throne, with beaded line of his staff behind it).

Mint and issuing power

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

Babylon

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Babylonia

Modern countryModern country: Iraq

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

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 330 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

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:

Price 19915Price 1991

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: