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Zecca di Ake: obolo di Alessandro Price 3253 (CNG)

ID:                                                                            149554

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                     Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                              336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                         Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                           struck

Date Struck:                                                             326/5 BC

Diameter:                                                                 9 mm

Weight:                                                                    0.62 g

Die Axis:                                                                   9 h

Obverse Description:                                                Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                      ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                Zeus seated left on backless throne, left leg drawn back, holding eagle in right hand and                                                                                                  scepter in left; Phoenician date in left field

Mint:                                                                         Ake

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 3253

Reference2:                                                             Newell, Ake 15

Reference3:                                                             Muller 1451a

Photograph Credit:                                                   Classical Numismatic Group

Source:                                                                    http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=149554

Grade:                                                                      VF

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=298699

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L’esemplare del post precedente è stato battuto alla CNG 218 come lotto 218, realizzando $165 da una stima di $100.

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Zecca di Ake: obolo di Alessandro non pubblicato dal Price (CNG 105).

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.55 gm). Ake mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; Phoenician "ayin" and "kaph" in left field; Phoenician "tzadeh" beneath throne. Newell, Sidon and Ake, -; Price -; Müller -. EF, toned. Possibly unpublished.

105, Lot: 17. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. 

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Zecca di Ake: obolo di Alessandro Price 3249 var. #2 (drachm) non pubblicato dal Price (CNG)

ID:                                                                            177685

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                     Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                              336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                         Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                           struck

Date Struck:                                                             332-327 BC

Diameter:                                                                 8 mm

Weight:                                                                    .70 g

Die Axis:                                                                   9 h

Obverse Description:                                                Head of Herakles right wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                      ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding eagle in right hand and                                                                                                 scepter in left; in left field, Phoenician letters ayin and kaph

Mint:                                                                         Ake

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 3249 var. #2 (drachm)

Photograph Credit:                                                   Classical Numismatic Group

Source:                                                                    http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=177685

Grade:                                                                      aVF

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=300500

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...contrariamente a quanto era avvenuto qualche mese prima a Tiro e che sarebbe avvenuto qualche mese dopo a Gaza, Akko si arrese ad Alessandro risparmiandosi così le stragi che caratterizzarono la conquista delle altre due città e guadagnandosi il diritto di battere moneta.

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Avevo accennato all’autonomia di Ake nel descrivere la sua posizione geografica pochi chilometri a sud di Tiro al post # 4199. Alessandro era tanto magnanimo nei confronti delle città che si arrendevano al suo passaggio in Fenicia come Ake, quanto vendicativo all’eccesso nei confronti di quelle a lui ostili come Tiro. Delle vicende militari con questa città ho detto dal post # 12 in poi nella discussione

https://www.lamoneta.it/topic/65436-alessandro-magno-in-palestina/?tab=comments#comment-1819014

Riguardo alle monete di Alessandro attribuite dal Price alla zecca di Ake nella sua opera principale, come riportato dall’autore nel trafiletto sottostante l’attribuzione tradizionale alla zecca di Ake è stata poi indirizzata a quella di Tiro da Lemaire (vedi A. Lemaire, “Le monnayage de Tyr et celui dit d’Akko dans la deuxième moitié du IV siècle avant J.-C.,” RN 1976, e G. Le Rider, Alexander the Great: Coinage, Finances, and Policy (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 2007), pp. 125-34).

Per questo motivo gli oboli Price 3253 (Ake) risultano attribuiti in alcune didascalie alla zecca di Tiro.

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Obolo Price 3253 (Ake) riattribuito alla zecca di Tiro (CNG 394)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.64 g, 8h). Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 21 of Azemilkos (329/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Phoenician ‘Z (for Azemilkos) above |= (21 [date] in Phoenician). Price 3253 (Ake); Newell, Dated15; DCA 741. VF, toned, porous. Well centered, with full date visible.

394, Lot: 129. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. 

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Obolo Price 3253 (Ake) riattribuito alla zecca di Tiro (CNG 383)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.59 g, 2h). Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 21 of Azemilkos (329/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Phoenician ‘Z (for Azemilkos) above [|]= (21 [date] in Phoenician). Price 3253; Newell, Dated 15 (unlisted obv. die); HGC 10, 6; DCA 741. VF, lightly toned, off center, some porosity.

383, Lot: 51. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. 

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Obolo Price 3253 (Ake) riattribuito alla zecca di Tiro (CNG 375)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.44 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 21 of Azemilkos (329/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Phoenician ‘Z above |= (date). Price 3253 (Ake); Newell, Dated 15; DCA 741. VF, toned, areas of light porosity. Struck on an irregular flan.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre. Ex Peter Lee Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 286, 5 September 2012), lot 45.

375, Lot: 25. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. 

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Obolo Price 3253 (Ake) riattribuito alla zecca di Tiro (CNG 375)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.68 g, 6h). Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 21 of Azemilkos (329/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Phoenician ‘Z above |= (date). Price 3253 (Ake); Newell, Dated 15; DCA 741. VF, toned, some porosity, obverse struck somewhat off center. Rare.

From the Dennis Rider Collection of the Coins of Tyre. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 306 (10 July 2013), lot 41.

375, Lot: 24. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. 

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Obolo Price 3253 (Ake) riattribuito alla zecca di Tiro (CNG 348)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.58 g, 10h). Tyre mint. Uncertain date. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; [date in left field]. Cf. Price 3253 (Ake); cf. Newell, Dated 15 (Ake); cf. DCA 741. VF, lightly toned, some porosity.

Although the date is obscured, the style of this piece was only used on dates attributable to Alexander’s lifetime.

348, Lot: 161. Estimate $100. Sold for $70.

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Obolo Price 3253 (Ake) riattribuito alla zecca di Tiro (CNG 306)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.68 g, 6h). Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 21 of Azemilkos (329/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Phoenician ‘Z (king’s name) above Phoenician date. Price 3253 (Ake); Newell, Dated 15; DCA 737. VF, toned, porous, obverse off center. Rare.

306, Lot: 41. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. 

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Obolo Price 3253 (Ake) riattribuito alla zecca di Tiro (CNG 286)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.44 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 21 of Azemilkos (329/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; date (faint) in left field. Price 3253; Newell, Dated 15 (same dies); DCA 741. VF, toned, areas of light porosity, irregular flan.

From the Peter Lee Collection.

286, Lot: 45. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. 

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Obolo Price 3253 (Ake) riattribuito alla zecca di Tiro (CNG 284)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.57 g, 7h). Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 21 of Azemilkos (329/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; date in left field. Price 3253; Newell, Dated 15; DCA 741. VF, toned and porous surfaces, struck a bit off center.

284, Lot: 49. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. 

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Obolo zecca incerta, forse Ake (CNG 218)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.62 g, 5h). Uncertain eastern (Ake?) mint. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion’s skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left. VF, find patina, reverse off-center.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.

218, Lot: 147. Estimate $100. Sold for $64. 

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Oboli della zecca di Ectabana pubblicati dal Price.

Capitale dell’impero dei Medi e residenza regale, Ectabana secondo Erodoto sorgeva su una collina ed era circondata da sette ordini concentrici di mura in pietra, con i merli, probabilmente costruiti con mattoni cotti smaltati, in colore diverso per ciascuna cerchia. L’ordine più interno racchiudeva il palazzo reale con il tesoro e aveva i merli dorati. Con la fine dell’impero medo, Ecbatana fu conquistata (550 a. C. da Ciro che la saccheggiò. In seguito la città fu con Susa e con Babilonia la residenza dei re Achemenidi che rapidamente la portarono all’antico splendore. Nel 330 a. C. Alessandro Magno la occupò e saccheggiò, ottenendo un bottino di 180.000 talenti; poi ne fece la sua residenza, finchè nel 324 l’avrebbe distrutta per il dolore d’avervi perduto l’amico Efestione.

La cartina è tratta da http://dizionaripiu.zanichelli.it/storiadigitale/p/mappastorica/343/la-spedizione-di-alessandro-magno

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Zecca di Ecbatana: obolo di Alessandro Price 3885 (British Museum)

ID:                                                                            AN00646590_001_l

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                            struck

Date Struck:                                                              311-295 BC

Weight:                                                                     .69 g

Die Axis:                                                                   6 h

Obverse Description:                                                 Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                       ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                 Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, both feet on footstool, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left;                                                                                                monogram in left field, Ο below throne

Mint:                                                                         Ecbatana

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 3885

Reference2:                                                              SC 216.2a

Photograph Credit:                                                    © The Trustees of the British Museum

Source:                                                                     http://www.britishmuseum.org

Special Comments:                                                   Registration number 2002,0101.960 ; Acquisition date 2002

Grade:                                                                      Fine

 http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=322095

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Zecca di Ecbatana: obolo di Alessandro Price 3885A (Numismatik Naumann)

ID:                                                                            1872543

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                            struck

Date Struck:                                                              311-295 BC

Diameter:                                                                 8 mm

Weight:                                                                     .60 g

Die Axis:                                                                   1 h

Obverse Description:                                                 Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                       ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                 Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, both feet on footstool, holding eagle                                                                                        in right hand and scepter in left; in left field, monogram above grain ear

Mint:                                                                         Ecbatana

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 3885A

Reference2:                                                              SC 216.1

Photograph Credit:                                                    Numismatik Naumann

Source:                                                                     https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1872543

Grade:                                                                      Fine

Notes:                                                                       Struck under Seleukos I Nikator

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=317061

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Zecca di Ecbatana: obolo di Alessandro Price 3892 (Ashmolean Museum)

   

ID:                                                                            HCR23757

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                            struck

Date Struck:                                                              311-295 BC

Diameter:                                                                 11 mm

Weight:                                                                     .69 g

Die Axis:                                                                   6 h

Obverse Description:                                                 Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                       ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                 Zeus seated left on throne with back, right leg drawn back, both feet on footstool, holding                                                                                                eagle in right hand and scepter in left; in left field, Y within circle; monogram below throne

Mint:                                                                         Ecbatana

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 3892

Reference2:                                                              SC 216.3a

Photograph Credit:                                                    © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Source:                                                                     http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/HCR23757

Special Comments:                                                   Object No. HCR23757 . Provided with permission from Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. For further information go to http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/content/copyright

Grade:                                                                      aFine

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=324515

 

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Ecbatana: il nome, da solo fa venire voglia di andarci!
Ma succede anche con altri luoghi dal nome evocativo; per me, ad esempio, Samarcanda, Timbuctù, Bandar al Abbas, Aqaba, Marrakesch, Alessandria... le ultime tre sono riuscito visitarle!

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A proposito: Ecbatàna o Ecbàtana?

Mi sarebbe venuta la prima, con l’accento sulla terza sillaba, ma ho visto poi che la giusta accentazione è sull'altra, come in greco Ἐκβάτανα che letteralmente significa "luogo di riunione".

Fu a Ecbàtana che un giorno in cui si stavano preparando i festeggiamenti per l’arrivo dell’autunno, Efestione, di gran lunga il più caro di tutti gli amici di Alessandro Magno, allevato alla pari con lui e custode di tutti i suoi segreti, si ammalò. Tutto cominciò con la febbre a volte alta, a volte bassa che si alternò per alcuni giorni, ma quando si pensava che Efestione stesse meglio, ritornò una febbre altissima che lo stroncò. Morì tra le braccia di Alessandro che urlava di dolore fino a quando i suoi servitori e fedeli non riuscirono a staccarlo. Il dolore per la perdita fu tale che Alessandro entrò in un periodo di profonda depressione, nel quale tutto ciò che lo circondava gli era indifferente e i progetti di viaggi e conquiste finirono nel dimenticatoio. Ordinò che tutte le criniere dei cavalli fossero tagliate in segno di lutto, che tutto l’oro e l’argento fosse verniciato di nero, sempre in segno di lutto, e che il medico che aveva cercato di curare Efestione fosse arrestato, impiccato e che il suo corpo fosse poi inchiodato ad una croce.

Il rito funebre si sarebbe svolto a Babilonia con la cremazione del corpo. Alessandro fece costruire una pira altissima e riccamente decorata: ogni lato della base misurava duecento metri ed era rivestita di bellissime piastrelle. Mano a mano che si saliva, la pira andava assottigliandosi. Lungo le pareti erano scolpiti nel legno bassorilievi, scene di guerra con arcieri e guerrieri; poi torce lunghe sei metri, adornate da aquile e serpenti, quindi una scena di belve e cacciatori dorata. Subito sopra trofei d’armi, ancora più su elefanti, leoni e ghirlande. In cima si intravedevano sirene alate e grosse e lunghe bandiere cremisi pendevano svolazzando verso il basso. Quando il corpo di Efestione venne trasportato in cima alla pira, le sirene intonarono il canto e continuarono a cantare fino a quando non scesero di sotto. Avanzò Alessandro con una torcia accesa in pugno fino alla base della pira dov’erano nascoste tra le colonne fascine di paglia e erba secca; lanciò la torcia e le fiamme guizzarono. Gli amici di Efestione fecero altrettanto e le fiamme salirono a spirale fino alla cima dove il corpo di Efestione fu avvolto dalle fiamme, fino a quando, con un fragore, la torre iniziò a cedere, la bara scomparve all’interno e bruciò fino al mattino.

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Zecca di Ecbatana: obolo di Alessandro Price 3897 (Bibliothèque nationale de France)

  

ID:                                                                            3897

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                            struck

Date Struck:                                                              311-295 BC

Diameter:                                                                 10 mm

Weight:                                                                     .70 g

Die Axis:                                                                   h

Obverse Description:                                                 Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                       ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                 Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, both feet on footstool, holding eagle                                                                                        in right hand and scepter in left; monogram in left field, monogram below throne

Mint:                                                                         Ecbatana

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 3897

Reference2:                                                              SC 216.3b

Photograph Credit:                                                    © Bibliothèque nationale de France

Source:                                                                     http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8476503t

Special Comments:                                                   Source: Luynes 1673 . The photo is provided under Creative Commons. For further information go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Grade:                                                                      aFine

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=330505

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Zecca di Ecbatana: obolo di Alessandro Price 3898 (British Museum)

ID:                                                                            AN00656224_001_l

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                            struck

Date Struck:                                                              311-295 BC

Weight:                                                                     .68 g

Die Axis:                                                                   6 h

Obverse Description:                                                 Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                       ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                 Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left; monogram in left                                                                                          field

Mint:                                                                         Ecbatana

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 3898

Reference2:                                                              SC 216.4

Photograph Credit:                                                    © The Trustees of the British Museum

Source:                                                                     http://www.britishmuseum.org

Special Comments:                                                   Registration number 1907,0707.16 ; Acquisition date 1907

Grade:                                                                      aVF

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=322104

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Zecca di Ecbatana: obolo di Alessandro Price 3907 (THE NEW YORK SALE)

ID:                                                                            3907

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                            struck

Date Struck:                                                              311-295 BC

Diameter:                                                                 9 mm

Weight:                                                                     0.69 g

Die Axis:                                                                   7 h

Obverse Description:                                                 Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                       ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                 Zeus seated left on throne with back, right leg drawn back, both feet on footstool, holding                                                                                               eagle in right hand and scepter in left; in left field, monogram above forepart of horse grazing                                                                                         left

Mint:                                                                         Ecbatana

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 3907

Reference2:                                                              SC 216.5

Photograph Credit:                                                    THE NEW YORK SALE

Source:                                                                     http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=78275

Grade:                                                                      VF

Notes:                                                                       Struck under Seleukos I Nikator

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=299894

Modificato 1 Ottobre, 2019 da apollonia

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Zecca di Ecbatana: obolo di Alessandro Price 3922 (THE NEW YORK SALE)

ID:                                                                            159378

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                            struck

Date Struck:                                                              311-295 BC

Diameter:                                                                 9 mm

Weight:                                                                     .68 g

Die Axis:                                                                   h

Obverse Description:                                                 Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                       ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                 Zeus seated left on throne with back, right leg drawn back, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left; in left field,                                                                                                    monogram above anchor with flukes downward; monogram below throne

Mint:                                                                         Ecbatana

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 3922

Reference2:                                                              SC 216.6a

Photograph Credit:                                                    THE NEW YORK SALE

Source:                                                                     https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=159378

Grade:                                                                      Fine

Notes:                                                                       Struck under Seleukos I Nikator