309 BCE - 308 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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Former coll. Masud Kawabiki see Nicolet-Pierre, Hélène (1986)
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of unbearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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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.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Tyre
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Phoenicia
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Modern countryModern country: Lebanon
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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:
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Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 309 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 308 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Callataÿ 2021b, p. 427, n° 7
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Newell 19161Newell 1916, obv. XLI, see pl. X, nrs. 1 and 4, Price 19912Price 1991, n° 3299, Callataÿ 2021b3Callataÿ 2021b, p. 427, n° 7
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of unbearded Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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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.
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Mint and issuing power
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.. 308 BCE
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and concentrated
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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strong
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| RemarksRemarks:
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“un deuxième profil apparaît au droit, au- dessus du front d’Héraklès; au revers, le bras droit de Zeus tenant l’aigle est absent; à son emplacement, on voit un monogramme et les deux jambes drapées d’un autre personnage assis. Il s’agit évidemment d’une monnaie surfrappée mal réussie; la deuxième frappe a laissé subsister des portions du premier type, suffisamment claires pour que nous puissions identi- fier la monnaie qui a servi de flan. C’est déjà un tétradrachme aux types d’Alexandre: outre les jambes et l’avant-bras droit du Zeus assis, on dis- cerne au revers la partie inférieure de son siège, un ‘trône’ avec un haut dossier dont un montant apparaît juste à gauche du torse du nouveau Zeus; au-dessous les lettres ΛΑ. Au droit, on reconnaît bien le visage d’Héraklès, dont le nez et l’arcade sourcilière sont coupés en oblique par un pli de la deuxième léonté, ainsi que la mâchoire inférieure et le retour sous le menton d’une des pattes de la dépouille. Les marques de cet ancien tétradrachme, le style du trône et la représentation des jambes parallèles nous orientent vers les séries attribuées à l’atelier de Suse”
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References
- ^ Newell, Edward T. (1916), The dated Alexander coinage of Sidon and Ake, Yale University Press, New Haven, 72 p.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
