306 BCE - 301 BCE | AΛEΞΑΝΔPOY
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Alexander III the Great.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Heritage World Coin Auctions, Showcase Auction 61443, 26 Nov. 2024, 25005
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Diademed head of Alexander III right, wearing elephant headdress, mitra, and scaly aegis tied before neck, small Δ (artist's signature) to the right of the elephant's ear in the scales, dotted border
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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AΛEΞΑΝΔPOY (Greek) Athena advancing right, brandishing spear in right hand, shield on raised left arm, ΔI monogram in inner right field, Corinthian helmet right above eagle right on thunderbolt to lower right
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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.. 301 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: 15.7315.73 g <br />15,730 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 332 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 306 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
