3392 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O49) over Alexander the Great (MacDonald coll.)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 3392

130 BCE - 90 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Alexander the great tetradrachm basilews.jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection

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 (ΑΠO). In left field, Corinthian crested helmet and MA.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Mesembria

Ancient region

Thrace

Modern country: Bulgaria

Authority:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)

Chronology

From 130 BCE to 90 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Silver	Weight in grams: 15.4515.45 g <br />15,450 mg <br />	Denomination: tetradrachm	Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
		Standard: Attic

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.]]1Price 1991, n° 1077, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Karayotov 1994, (O49-R160)
Coin series web reference:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1077

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

(visible: profile of Herakles in the upper left field and border of dots in the lower left field of the reverse of the coin)

Reverse:

(visible: ΑΛΕ in upper field right of the obverse).

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Modern country:

Authority ^ᵖ:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)

Chronology

From 200 BCE to 110 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

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.]]1Price 1991

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:

References

a b 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.
^ 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.