3636 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus - Karayotov O49) over uncertain type (CNG, 72, June 2006, 343)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 3636

130 BCE - 90 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 846 - Mesembria (Alexander the Great).jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s) ᵖ:	Ira & Larry Goldberg, 42, 23 Sept. 2007, lot 51 = Classical Numismatic Group, 72, 14 June 2006, lot 343.

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, KO. 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: 16.6916.69 g <br />16,690 mg <br />	Denomination: tetradrachm
		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-R163)
Coin series web reference:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1077

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:
Remarks:	Border of dots on the obverse and the reverse.