15534 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 312/311 BCE) over Alexander the Great (CNG, 61, Sept. 2002, lot 456)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 15534


312 BCE - 311 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Alexander the great tetradrachm.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 61, 25 September 2002 (Colin E. Pitchfork coll.), lot 456 (17.12 g) = Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 424, 11 July 2018, lot 97 (17.08 g, 27 mm, 3h)

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), Macedonian kingdom, Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org 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 Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Callataÿ 2021b, p. 426, n° 5 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Newell 19161Newell 1916, obv. XXXV, Price 19912Price 1991, n° 3292, Callataÿ 2021b3Callataÿ 2021b, p. 426, n° 5
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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : 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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: “Overstruck on an earlier Alexander tetradrachm”

References

  1. ^  Newell, Edward T. (1916), The dated Alexander coinage of Sidon and Ake, Yale University Press, New Haven, 72 p.
  2. ^  Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
  3. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2021), “A Tyrian Note. Overstruck Alexander Tetradrachms from Tyre: an Exception that twice Confirms the Rule,” in V. BOSCHLOOS, B. OVERLAET, I.M. SWINNEN, V. VAN DER STEDE (eds), Travels through the Orient and the Mediterranean World. Essays Presented to Eric Gubel, OLA 302, Leuven, Peeters, p. 421-431.