2164 - Alabanda (tetradrachm Apollo/Pegasus) over Antiochus III (Antiochus/Apollo) (CNG, MBS 67, Sept. 2004, 735)

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2164

190 BCE - 185 BCE | ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Alabanda 1477.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Antiochus III Alabanda 1477 (overstruck).jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, 735 = Empire Coins, 7, 2 May 1987, 70
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	G. R. Drewry Collection ; Muharrem Kayhan Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΩΝ (Greek) Pegasus springing left. Below, monogram and ΘΕΟΚΛΗΣ (magistrate name).

Mint and issuing power

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

Alabanda

Ancient regionAncient region.

Caria

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 190 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 185 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: 16.7516.75 g <br />16,750 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).: 3434 mm <br />3.4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Turkey 1: The Muharrem Kayhan Collection, Part 2, Istanbul, 2015, no. 1609

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Meadows 20081Meadows 2008

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY (Greek) Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos

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:

Antiochus III the Great (Seleucid king, 222-187 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 222 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 187 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

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a tetradrachm of Seleukid king Antiochos III"

References

^ Meadows, Andrew (2008), Alabanda in Caria: A Hellenistic City and Its Coinage, unpublished DPhil, Oxford, 501 p. and 50 pl.

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+|Image overstriking coin=Alabanda 1477.jpg
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+|Image overstruck variety=Antiochus III Alabanda 1477 (overstruck).jpg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2179098&AucID=5233&Lot=155
+|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, 735 = Empire Coins, 7, 2 May 1987, 70
 |Private collection=G. R. Drewry Collection ; Muharrem Kayhan Collection
 |Obverse description=Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.
 |Reverse legend=ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΩΝ
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Pegasus springing left. Below, monogram and ΘΕΟΚΛΗΣ (magistrate name).
 |Mint=Alabanda
 |Ancient region=Caria
-|Date from=190
+|Date from=190 BCE
-|Date to=185
+|Date to=185 BCE
 |Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=16.75
 |Diameter=34
-|Axis=12 h
+|Axis=12
 |Denomination=tetradrachm
 |Standard=Attic
 |Coin reference=Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Turkey 1: The Muharrem Kayhan Collection, Part 2, Istanbul, 2015, no. 1609
-|Coin series reference=Meadows 2008;
+|Coin series reference=Meadows 2008
-|Overstruck authority=Antiochus III the Great (Seleucid king, 222-187 BC)
+|Overstruck obverse description=Diademed head right
+|Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck reverse description=Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos
+|Overstruck authority=Antiochus III the Great (Seleucid king, 222-187 BC); Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)
+|Overstruck date from=222 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=187 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
 |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
+|Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
+|Level of confidence=strong
+|Remarks="Overstruck on a tetradrachm of Seleukid king Antiochos III"
 }}