Ancient Greek coin – HCR23610

Obverse

Design:

Head of Heracles, beardless, wearing lion skin, right; dotted border

Reverse

Inscription:

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (right)

Design:

Zeus, right leg drawn back, on backless throne, holding sceptre and eagle, seated left; Phoenician numeral 32 (left); dotted border

Information

Period

Greek

Person

Alexander III of Macedon, 336 BCE–323 BCE (ruler/authority)

Mint

Ptolemais-Ake

Denomination

Tetradrachm

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

315 BC – 314 BC (according to Price)

Note

Obverse: 2 test marks; Reverse: Zigzag test mark

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

17.12

Axis

Diameter (mm)

29.3

Acquisition method

deposit

Acquisition date

1924

Source

Balliol College

Acquisition credit

Deposited by Balliol College, 1924.

Weight standard

Attic

Hoard name

Kuft

Punch mark (obverse)

Bee

Graffito (reverse)

uncertain

Die link (obverse)

Same obverse die as HCR23609 (SNG III, no. 2962)

Punch mark (obverse)

one oblong, one narrow cut

Reference

SNG Ashmolean III : 2963

Note:

http://www.sylloge-nummorum-graecorum.org/ ID: SNGuk_0503_2963

Reference

Price : 3283

Reference

IGCH : http://coinhoards.org/id/igch1670

Reference

PELLA : http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3283

Contributors to this coin record

SGlenn, vheuchert, gthompson