15545 - Tyre (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (CNG, 79, Sept. 2008, lot 171)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 15545

307 BCE - 306 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 79, 17 Sept. 2008, lot 171

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 307 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 306 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: 16.9116.91 g <br />16,910 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2021b, p. 427-8, n° 8	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Newell 19161Newell 1916, 52, n° 48, obv. XLI, see pl. X, nrs. 1 and 4, Price 19912Price 1991, n° 3299, Callataÿ 2021b3Callataÿ 2021b, p. 427-8, n° 8
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3299

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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:

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

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 uncertain type”

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.