306 BCE - 305 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Overstriking coin
Alexandria_Ptolemy_CNG, _MBS_67, _22_Sept._2004, _936.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Alexander III the Great.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, n° 936 = Gemini, III, 9 Jan. 2007, 264
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of the deified Alexander III to right, wearing a diadem with the horn of Zeus Ammon, an elephant skin headdress and aegis around his neck. Before elephant's ear, Δ. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Athena Alkidemos advancing to right, brandishing spear with her right hand and with a shield on her left arm. In the right field, Corinthian helmet, below monogram (AX) and eagle on thunderbolt. Border of dots.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 306 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 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: 15.615.6 g <br />15,600 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Zeus seated left, holding eagle and staff. In fields, monograms (visible: trace of Zeus' outstretched arm and eagle).
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 332 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and concentrated
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Overstruck on an Alexander III tetradrachm; a trace of Zeus' outstretched arm and eagle are visible on the reverse"
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References
- ^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1904-1908), Τὰ νομίσματα τοῦ κράτους τῶν Πτολεμαίων (Ta nomismata tou kratous tōn Ptolemaiōn - The coins of the Ptolemaic rulers), Athens, 4 v., 68 pl.
- ^ Zervos, Orestes H. (1967), "The early tetradrachms of Ptolemy I," American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes, 13, p. 1-16, pl. I-IV.
- ^ Lorber, Catharine C. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.
- ^ 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.
