305 BCE - 297 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
Overstriking coin
Cassander_Nomos, _Obolos_13, _2_July_2019, _216.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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Nomos, Obolos 13, 2 July 2019, 216 = Nomos, Obolos 19, 8 May 2021, 203 = Davissons, EA 44, 31 Aug. 2022, 25
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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: 3.833.83 g <br />3,830 mg <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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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"overstruck (likely on a coin of Philip III in east Asia Minor, perhaps minted in concert with Kassander's expedition to Asia Minor and the battle of Ipsus in 301 B.C."
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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.
