Ancient Greek coin – HCR23614

Obverse

Design:

Head of Heracles, beardless, right, wearing lion-skin

Reverse

Inscription:

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Design:

Zeus seated, right leg drawn back, on backless throne, holding sceptre and eagle; Phoenician numeral 36 in left field

Information

Period

Greek

Person

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

Mint

Ptolemais-Ake

Denomination

Tetradrachm

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

311/310 BC (according to Price)

Note

Obverse: Double row of test marks; some metal loss through corrosion; traces of overstriking

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

16.77

Axis

Diameter (mm)

26.2

Acquisition method

deposit

Acquisition date

1924

Source

Balliol College

Acquisition credit

Deposited by Balliol College, 1924.

Weight standard

Attic

Hoard name

Kuft

Die link (obverse)

Same obverse die as HCR23613 and HCR23615 (SNG III, nos 2966, 2968)

Reference

SNG Ashmolean III : 2967

Note:

http://www.sylloge-nummorum-graecorum.org/ ID: SNGuk_0503_2967

Reference

Price : 3292

Reference

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

Reference

PELLA : http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3292

Contributors to this coin record

SGlenn, vheuchert