3311 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over Alexander the Great (MacDonald coll., 93)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3311

250 - 175 | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

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 Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, ΛA. In left field, Corinthian crested helmet. In exergue, monogram (AI).

Mint and issuing power

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

Mesembria

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. 250 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 175

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: 16.4916.49 g <br />16,490 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.: 1 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. 124, no. 93

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

I. Karayotov1I. Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria. Volume I. Silver and Gold Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol, 1994, no. 159 (period II, O23-R78, monogram 25 variant).2monogram 25 variant)., M. J. Price3M. J. Price, The coinage in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus, Zurich-London, 1991, no. 1032.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

(visible: profile from front of head to neck, back of lion skin, trace of ties at neck).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΣΙΛΕΩ (visible: back of Zeus's head, arm, portion of scepter, vague traces in left field).

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Anatolia?

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) - type

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

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