3301 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O86) over Mostis (Mostis/Athena) (Lanz, 44, May 1988, 109)

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85 BCE - 65 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 850 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) .png
Overstruck variety
Mostis.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Lanz 44, 16 May 1988, lot 109.

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 (MYP). In left field, monogram (ΔΑΡ) and Corinthian crested helmet.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Mesembria Ancient region Thrace Modern country: Bulgaria Authority: Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
Chronology
From 85 BCE to 65 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 16.0716.07 g <br />16,070 mg <br /> Denomination: tetradrachm Nomisma.org Axis: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
Standard: Attic
References
Coin reference: Callataÿ 1993d, p. 337, D3/R1a 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° 1109A, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Callataÿ 1991, p. 37-45, pl. II., "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Callataÿ 1993d, p. 337, D3/R1a., "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Karayotov 1994, p. 110, n° 764 (O86-R278, monogram 103), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Callataÿ 1997a, p. 104, D3/R1a, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6Callataÿ 2021a, p. 278, n° 29
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Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Reverse: (visible: ΤΟΥΣ on the lower field).
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Thrace (uncertain mint) Ancient region ᵖ Thrace Modern country: Bulgaria Authority ᵖ: Mostis (king of the Caeni, 130-90 BC)
Chronology
From 130 BCE to 90 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.]]7Paunov 2022
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. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1991), “Un tétradrachme de Mithridate surfrappé à Maronée”, Numismatica e Antichità Classiche. Quaderni Ticinesi, 20, p. 213-226.
  3. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1993), "Les derniers alexandres posthumes frappés à Odessos et Mesembria", Studies on the Settlement Life in Ancient Thrace. Proceedings of the IIIrd International Symposium "Cabyle". 17-23 May 1993, Jambol, Istoricheski muzei.
  4. ^  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.
  5. ^  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.
  6. ^  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.
  7. ^  Paunov, E. (2022), "Тетрадрахмите на тракийския цар Мостид, втората половина на II век пр. Хр." [The silver coinage of the Thracian king Mostis, second half of the 2nd century BC], Revers, 7 (1), p. 34-51.