1669 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O23) over Alexander the Great (New York, ANS, 1949.21.5)

From SILVER


150 BCE - 100 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
DB_Overstrikes_783.png [Museum website]
Overstruck variety
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Location/history
Museum collection: New York, American Numismatic Society, 1949.21.5 Sale(s) ᵖ: Berliner Münz Auktion 15 (29-30/04/1982), n° 13

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots. Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, ΛA. In left field, Corinthian helmet. In exergue, monogram (AI).
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Mesembria Ancient region Thrace Modern country: Bulgaria Authority: Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
Chronology
From 150 BCE to 100 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 16.6716.67 g <br />16,670 mg <br /> Denomination: tetradrachm Nomisma.org Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 33.533.5 mm <br />3.35 cm <br /> Standard: Attic
References
Coin reference: Callataÿ 2021a, p. 276, n° 9 Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Price 1991, n° 1032, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Karayotov 1992, n° 96, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Karayotov 1994, p. 88, n° 157 (O23-R77 monogram 25), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Callataÿ 1994b, p. 322, D3/R1b, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Callataÿ 1997a, p. 93, D3/R1b (Groupe 1), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6MacDonald 2009, p. 212, no. 2, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]7Callataÿ 2021a, p. 276, n° 9
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Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: visible: traces of border of dots and the outline of the lion's skin Reverse: visible: head of Zeus
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Ancient region ᵖ Modern country: Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From to Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
References
Coin type reference ᵖ:
Additional data

Date: c. 250-175 BC (PELLA) ; c. 225-175 BC (Period II, Karayotov)

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  Karayotov, Ivan (1992), Mонетосеченето на Mесамбрия, Спектър - АЛ, Burgas, 130 p.
  3. ^  Karayotov, Ivan (1994), The coinage of Mesambria. vol. 1: silver and gold coins of Mesambria, Centre of Underwater Archaeology, Sozopol, 134 p. and 44 pl.
  4. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1994), "Les derniers alexandres posthumes frappés à Odessos et Mésembria", in Settlement Life in Ancient Thrace. IIIrd International Symposium "Cabyle", 17-21 May 1993, Jambol (Bulgaria), p. 300-342
  5. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
  6. ^  MacDonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  7. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Vladimir Stolba (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.