3881 - Babylon (Alexander the Great) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (Rasmussen, 856, May 2015, 5016)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3881

323 BCE - 310 BCE | AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Bruun Rasmussen 856, 12 May 2015, lot 5016.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΛΕΞANΔΡΟΥ Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter. In left field, wheel. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Babylon

Ancient regionAncient region.

Babylonia

Modern countryModern country: Iraq

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), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 323 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 310 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: 16.1416.14 g <br />16,140 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2021b, p. 430, n° 13	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Price 1991, n° P189-202 var. (ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ and not ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ - unlisted), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Callataÿ 2021b, p. 430, n° 13
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.P189

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

Chronology

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

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	nb: no mention of overstrike (image and info provided by David MacDonald)

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.
^ Callataÿ, François de (2021), “A Tyrian Note. Overstruck Alexander Tetradrachms from Tyre: an Exception that twice Confirms the Rule,” in V. BOSCHLOOS, B. OVERLAET, I.M. SWINNEN, V. VAN DER STEDE (eds), Travels through the Orient and the Mediterranean World. Essays Presented to Eric Gubel, OLA 302, Leuven, Peeters, p. 421-431.