27508 - Phaselis (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 30, July 2024, 370)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 27508


218 BCE - 217 BCE | AΛEΞANΔPOY

Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Leu Numismatik, EA 30, 13 July 2024, 370

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek) Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right, to left, Φ above A
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Phaselis Ancient regionAncient region. Pamphylia Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 218 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 217 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: 17.0017 g <br />17,000 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).: 3131 mm <br />3.1 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Price 19911Price 1991, n° 2831
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: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: weak
RemarksRemarks: "Areas of weakness and (over?)struck on a crude flan"

References

  1. ^  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.