28781 - Sardis (Philip III) (drachma Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (CNG, Webshop, 730573)
From SILVER
323 BCE - 317 BCE | ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
Overstriking coin
Description
| Obverse: | Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress | Reverse: | ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek) Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Sardis | Ancient region | Lydia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Philipp III Arrhidaeus (Argead king, 323-317 BC), Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom |
Chronology
| From 323 BCE to 317 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  period
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Physical description
| Metal: Silver
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Weight in grams: 4.284.28 g <br />4,280 mg <br /> | Denomination: drachma
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| Diameter: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br /> | Standard: Attic | ||
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.]]1Price 1991, n° P88 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
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Mint and issuing power
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Chronology
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Physical description
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidence: | |
| Remarks: | "overstruck, undertype not visible" | ||
References
- ^ 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.
