120 BCE - 90 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Lanz, 164, 23 May 2017, lot 22
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣIΛEΩΣ / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, monogram below throne
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Odessus
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Thrace
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Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria
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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. 120 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 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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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.1116.11 g <br />16,110 mg <br />
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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
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Wreathed head of Dionysos right.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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HPAKΛEOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / ΘAΣIΩN (Greek) Herakles standing left, holding club and lion skin
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 160 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC 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
References
- ^ 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.
