28783 - Abydus (Antigonus Monophtalmus) (drachma Heracles/zeus) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 495, July 2020, 84)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 28783

310 BCE - 301 BCE | AΛEΞANΔPOY

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 495, 7 July 2020, 84

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek) Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, monogram in left field, [kerykeion to outer right], ivy leaf below throne

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Abydus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Troas

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:

Antigonus I Monophtalmus (Macedonian nobleman, general, satrap and Antigonid king, 306-301 BC), Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 310 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 301 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.234.23 g <br />4,230 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Price 19911Price 1991, n° 1547
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1547

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. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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 ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck"

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.