H 173 - Peloponnesus (uncertain mint) (Antigonus Gonatas), silver, tetradrachms (270-260 BCE)

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270 BCE - 260 BCE Silver 6,300 kg

Description
Obverse: Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. Border of dots.
Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus seated left on throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, to left, crested Macedonian helmet, below throne, monogram of ΘΕ, in exergue, monogram of KE.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Peloponnesus (uncertain mint) Ancient region: Peloponnesus Modern country: Greece Authority: Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Antigonus II Gonatas (Antigonid king, 277/6-239 BC)
Chronology
From 270 BCE to 260 BCE Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Median weight in grams 16.80 Denomination: tetradrachm Nomisma.org Standard: Attic
Image
]]H173 Herakles Zeus.jpeg [1]
References
Die study reference: "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Troxell 1971
Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMH, n° 173



Obverse dies distribution
Frequency ᵖ Number of obverses ᵖ (o) % (o) Number of coins (n) % (n) Die name
1 5 33.33 5 10.64 4, 7, 9, 13, 18
2 2 13.33 4 8.51 14, 15
3 2 13.33 6 12.77 5, 12
4 3 20 12 25.53 10, 16, 17
5 1 6.67 5 10.64 8
6 1 6.67 6 12.77 11
9 1 6.67 9 19.15 6
Total 15 of 15 100 47 of 47 100.01
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Remarks


References

  1. ^  Troxell, Hyla A. (1971), "The Peloponnesian Alexanders", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes 17, p. 41-94, pl. 9-20.
  2. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.