290 BCE - 275 BCE | AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ
Overstriking coin
Chios CNG MBS 81 341 (sur Chios).jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 81, 20 May 2009, lot 341
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. In field, monogram (MYP) and grapes.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Chios
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Ionia
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
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Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 290 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 275 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: 3.933.93 g <br />3,930 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Sphinx seated left, amphora surmounted by bunch of grapes before
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Quadripartite incuse square
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Chios
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Ionia
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 380 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 BCE
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Classical 480-323 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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drachma
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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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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strong
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Overstruck on a civic issue of Chios (cf. Mavrogordato 57). The face and breast of the sphinx are clearly visible on the reverse in the field above Zeus’ arm" (there is a metrological difficulty in the identification since drachms of Chios are weighing less than 3.93g)
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Hardwick, Nicholas (1991), The coinage of Chios from the sixth to fourth century B.C., Oxford, unpublished DPhil, xvi + 316 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
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