306 BCE - 300 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Overstriking coin
Alexandria_Ptolemy_Malter_XXXII_(30_November_1985),_lot_177.jpg
[1]
|
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
|
Malter, XXXII, 30 Nov. 1985, 177 = Classical Numismztic Group, Keystone Auction 4, 2 Sept. 2021, 96
|
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
|
From the Robert W. Bartlett Bequest Sold for the Benefit of the American Numismatic Society
|
|
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
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 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: 15.6815.68 g <br />15,680 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.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
|
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />
|
StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic
|
References
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
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Zervos, Orestes H. (1967), "The early tetradrachms of Ptolemy I," American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes, 13, p. 1-16, pl. I-IV.
- ^ Lorber, Catharine C. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.