305 BCE - 297 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
Overstriking coin
Cassander_Roma_Numismatics, _EA_95, _13_Apr._2022, _182.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Philip III Shield helmet 2.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Roma Numismatics, EA 95, 13 Apr. 2022, 182 = Roma Numismatics, EA 112, 7 Sept. 2023, 150 = Roma Numismatics, EA 118, 8 Apr. 2024, 368
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Helmeted head of Athena right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Club above bow-in-bowcase
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 305 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 297 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.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.144.14 g <br />4,140 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Macedonian shield
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Macedonian helmet
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 323 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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frequent
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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strong
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"This series are mainly overstrucked on coins of Philip III and originate from the east Asia Minor area. One might be tempted to associate the minting of this series with the Cassander's exhibition to Asia Minor and the battle of Ipsus."
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References
- ^ Gaebler, Hugo (1935), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von Theodor Wiegand. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 2. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
- ^ 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.
