199 BCE - 198 BCE | AΛEΞANΔPOY
Overstriking coin
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Description
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Head of Heracles right, wearing lion-skin headdress, paws tied before neck
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek) Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne, holding eagle and scepter, KΓ (date) in left field
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 199 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 198 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.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.5416.54 g <br />16,540 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- a b 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.
