27389 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 59) over uncertain type (Berk, BBS 218, Feb. 2022, 107)

306 BCE - 305 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

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Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Berk, BBS 218, 10 Feb. 2022, 107 = Leu Numismatik, EA 32, 7 Dec. 2024, 864

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing a diadem with the horn of Zeus Ammon, an elephant skin headdress and aegis around his neck. Before elephant's ear, Δ. Border of dots.

Reverse:

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Athena Alkidemos advancing to right, brandishing spear with her right hand and with a shield on her left arm. In the right field, monogram (ΠΑ). In the right field, monogram (AT), below monogram (AΔΦP) and eagle on thunderbolt. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Alexandria

Ancient region

Egypt

Modern country: Egypt

Authority:

Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC), Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)

Chronology

From 306 BCE to 305 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Silver	Weight in grams: 15.2815.28 g <br />15,280 mg <br />	Denomination: tetradrachm	Axis: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
Diameter: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br />		Standard: Ptolemaic

References

Coin reference:		Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Svoronos 1904=1908, n° 146, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Zervos 1967, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3CPE I, n° 59
Coin series web reference:	https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1 1.59

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:
Remarks:	"Traces of overstriking"

References

^ Svoronos 1904=1908
^ 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.