3096 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O77) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Burgas, Rudnik hoard, 21)

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110 BCE - 90 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
Mesembria 849 Rudnik.jpg
Overstruck variety
Athens Mikion Euryklei.jpg
Location/history
Museum collection: Burgas, A. Museum, n° 21
Archaeological context: Hoard of Rudnik (CH II, 98 = CH III, 74 = CH VI, 43).

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, monogram (ΑY). In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and monogram (AX).
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Mesembria Ancient region Thrace Modern country: Bulgaria Authority: Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
Chronology
From 110 BCE to 90 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 15.7215.72 g <br />15,720 mg <br /> Denomination: tetradrachm Nomisma.org Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 3535 mm <br />3.5 cm <br /> Standard: Attic
References
Coin reference: Callataÿ - Prokopov 1994, p. 207 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° 1097 (var.), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Karayotov 1992, n° 343 (D68/R191), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Karayotov 1994, p. 108, n° 718 (O77-R262 monogram 85), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Callataÿ - Prokopov 1994, p. 207, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Callataÿ 1994b, p. 326, D10/R1a, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6Callataÿ 1997a, p. 96, D10/R1a, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]7MacDonald 2009, p. 214, n° 18, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]8Callataÿ 2021a, p. 277, n° 19

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Head of Athena, wearing Attic helmet. Reverse: Owl on amphora. In field, ΜΙΚΙΩΝ-ΕΥΡΥΚΛΕ.
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Athens Ancient region ᵖ Attica Modern country: Greece Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From 166 BCE to 70 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Denomination ᵖ: tetradrachm Nomisma.org Standard ᵖ: Attic
References
Coin type reference ᵖ: "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]9Thompson 1961
Additional data

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.
  2. ^  Karayotov, Ivan (1992), Mонетосеченето на Mесамбрия, Спектър - АЛ, Burgas, 130 p.
  3. ^  Karayotov, Ivan (1994), The coinage of Mesambria. vol. 1: silver and gold coins of Mesambria, Centre of Underwater Archaeology, Sozopol, 134 p. and 44 pl.
  4. ^  Callataÿ, François de - Prokopov, Ilya (1994), "A late alexander of Mesembria overstruck over Athens (Rudnik hoard)", Numismatic Circular, 102 (5), June 1994, p. 207.
  5. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1994), "Les derniers alexandres posthumes frappés à Odessos et Mésembria", in Settlement Life in Ancient Thrace. IIIrd International Symposium "Cabyle", 17-21 May 1993, Jambol (Bulgaria), p. 300-342
  6. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
  7. ^  MacDonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  8. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2021), “On pattern and purpose of overstrikes of late Hellenistic tetradrachms in Thrace Macedonia”, in Ulrike Peter and Vladimir Stolba (eds.), Thrace. Local coinage and regional identity, Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 77, Berlin, Topoi, p. 263-289.
  9. ^  Thompson, Margaret (1961), The new style silver coinage of Athens, Numismatic Studies 10, New York, 2 vol.