3809 - Alexandria (Ptolemy I) (tetradrachm Alexander/Athena CPE 61) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (Schulman, 231, March 1958, 3700a)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3809

306 BCE - 305 BCE | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Alexandria_Ptolemy_Schulman.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Alexander III the Great.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Jacques Schulman, 231, 6 March 1958, 3700a = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 456, 31 Oct.-13 Nov. 2019, 213
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	J. A. Frazer collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the 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.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the 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 (ΓΗ) and eagle on thunderbolt.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Alexandria

Ancient regionAncient region.

Egypt

Modern countryModern country: Egypt

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:

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

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 306 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.6115.61 g <br />15,610 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 108, Zervos 19672Zervos 1967, CPE I3CPE I, n° 61
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1 1.61

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 332 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Price 19914Price 1991

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on another issue of this 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.
^ 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.