3299 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 61) over uncertain type (CNG, 87, May 2011, 690)

306 BCE - 305 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, 87, 18 May 2011, 690

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

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. Border of dots.

Reverse:

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Athena Alkidemos advancing to right, brandishing spear with her right hand and with a shield on her left arm. In right field, monogram (ΗΠ) and eagle on thunderbolt.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Alexandria

Ancient region

Egypt

Modern country: Egypt

Authority:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC)

Chronology

From 306 BCE to 305 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal:	Weight in grams: 15.6615.66 g <br />15,660 mg <br />	Denomination: tetradrachm	Axis: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
Diameter: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />		Standard: Ptolemaic

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.]]1Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 108, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Zervos 1967, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3CPE I, n° 61
Coin series web reference:	https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1 1.61

Overstruck type

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidence:
Remarks:	"overstruck on uncertain type"

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.