24280 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 73) over uncertain type (Malter, XXXII, Nov. 1985, 177)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 24280


306 BCE - 300 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

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Overstriking coin
Alexandria_Ptolemy_Malter_XXXII_(30_November_1985),_lot_177.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Malter, XXXII, 30 Nov. 1985, 177 = Classical Numismztic Group, Keystone Auction 4, 2 Sept. 2021, 96
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From the Robert W. Bartlett Bequest Sold for the Benefit of the American Numismatic Society

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, wearing elephant skin ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Athena Alkidemos advancing right, ΘE monogram to left, to right, Corinthian helmet right, ΔI, and eagle standing right on thunderbolt
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Alexandria Ancient regionAncient region. Egypt Modern countryModern country: Egypt 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: Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 306 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.6815.68 g <br />15,680 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 177, Zervos 19672Zervos 1967, Issue 33, CPE I3CPE I, n° 73
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "Traces of undertype visible"

References

  1. ^  Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1904-1908), Τὰ νομίσματα τοῦ κράτους τῶν Πτολεμαίων (Ta nomismata tou kratous tōn Ptolemaiōn - The coins of the Ptolemaic rulers), Athens, 4 v., 68 pl.
  2. ^  Zervos, Orestes H. (1967), "The early tetradrachms of Ptolemy I," American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes, 13, p. 1-16, pl. I-IV.
  3. ^  Lorber, Catharine C. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.