15534 - Tyre (Alexander the Great) over Alexander the Great (CNG, 61, Sept. 2002, lot 456)
From SILVER
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Overstrike | {{Overstrike | ||
|Image overstriking coin=Callatay 2021 5.png | |Image overstriking coin=Callatay 2021 5.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 | ||
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 61, 25 September 2002 (Colin E. Pitchfork coll.), lot 456 | |Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 61, 25 September 2002 (Colin E. Pitchfork coll.), lot 456 | ||
|Obverse description=Head of unbearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin. Border of dots. | |Obverse description=Head of unbearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin. Border of dots. |
Revision as of 16:47, 9 May 2023
312 BCE - 311 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Images
Overstruck variety
![](/w/img_auth.php/8/8b/Alexander_the_great_tetradrachm.jpg)
Alexander the great tetradrachm.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 61, 25 September 2002 (Colin E. Pitchfork coll.), lot 456 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of unbearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) 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 and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Tyre | Ancient regionAncient region. | Phoenicia | Modern countryModern country: Lebanon | 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) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 312 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 311 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.0817.08 g <br />17,080 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm ![]() |
|
StandardStandard.: Attic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Price 19911Price 1991, n° 3292, Newell 19162Newell 1916, obv. XXXV. | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of unbearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) 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 and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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. 332 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 311 BCE | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
RemarksRemarks: | “Overstruck on an earlier Alexander tetradrachm” |