1671 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O47) over First Macedon (Artemis/club) (London, BM, 1896-7-3-142)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1671

90 BCE - 70 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1896-7-3-14 (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1896-0703-142)
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Bunbury collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, HPA. In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and XO.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Mesembria

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria

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)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 90 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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: 16.7916.79 g <br />16,790 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3636 mm <br />3.6 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1101, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 213, n° 10, Karayotov 19943Karayotov 1994, p. 92, n° 280 (O47-R127 monogram 42), Callataÿ 1994b4Callataÿ 1994b, p. 335, D31/R1a, Callataÿ 1997a5Callataÿ 1997a, p. 103, D31/R1a (pl. 30)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1101 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C 1896-0703-142

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:

Thessalonica

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Macedonia First Meris (Roman Province), Roman province of Macedonia

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 167 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 148 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Prokopov 19946Prokopov 1994, HGC 3.17HGC 3.1, n° 1103
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/macedonia first region.amng.iii.1.156-80

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

On Macedonia or Athens ? (visible on obverse: Λ? on the cheek and on reverse olive wreath on the lower field right). Date: c. 125-65 BC (PELLA) ; c. 125-100 BC (Period V, Karayotov)

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.
^ MacDonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
^ 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.
^ 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
^ 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.
^ Prokopov, Ilya (1994), The Tetradrachms of First Macedonian Region. Classification of Coins from Type Head of Artemis/Club from Coin Hoards of Bulgaria, Sofia.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.