View source for 15537 - Tyre (Alexander the Great) over Alexander the Great (Meydancikkale hoard, n° 2170)

{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=Callatay 2021 6.png
|Image overstruck variety=Alexander the great tetradrachm.jpg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2207580&AucID=5314&Lot=261
|Archaeological context=Hoard of Meydancıkkale, C4162 see Davesne, Alain - Le Rider, Georges, (1989) 100-101, n° 2170
|Obverse description=Head of unbearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin. Border of dots.
|Reverse legend=ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Zeus seated left on throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low footrest, holding long pearled scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings.
|Mint=Tyre
|Ancient region=Phoenicia
|Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
|Date from=311 BCE
|Date to=310 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=16.97
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic
|Coin series reference=Price 1991, n° 3292 ; Newell 1916, obv. XXXV.
|Coin series web reference=http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3292
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of unbearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin.
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Attic
|Overstruck reverse description=Zeus seated left on throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low footrest, holding long pearled scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings.
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
|Overstruck date from=332 BCE
|Overstruck date to=310 BCE
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
|Level of confidence=strong
|Remarks=“La pièce a été surfrappée sur un autre alexandre : on reconnaît au R., en bas, le visage d’Héraclès (le bas du sceptre se trouve placé sur l’œil d’Héraclès) ; un cas analogue est cité par H. Nicolet-Pierre”.
}}