27375 - Tyre (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - 312/311 BCE) over uncertain type (Triton, XXV, Jan. 2022, 5058)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 27375


312 BCE - 311 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
Alexander_the_Great_Tyre_Triton, _XXV, _11_Jan._2022, _5058.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Triton, XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, 5058.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus seated left on low-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, in left field, Dated RY 38 of 'Ozmilk (312/1 BC).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Tyre Ancient regionAncient region. Phoenicia Modern countryModern country: Lebanon 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), Macedonian kingdom, Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 312 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 311 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: 17.0517.05 g <br />17,050 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Newell 19161Newell 1916, Dated 44, obv. die XXXVIII, Price 19912Price 1991, n° 3295 (Ake)
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: "overstruck on uncertain type"

References

  1. ^  Newell, Edward T. (1916), The dated Alexander coinage of Sidon and Ake, Yale University Press, New Haven, 72 p.
  2. ^  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.