Silver Coin of Alexander I Balas, Antioch, 150 BC - 149 BC 1944.100.76414

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.76414

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Obverse: Diademed head of Alexander I right, usually with long sideburn or scanty beard along jawline
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Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY ΘEOY EYEPΓETOY - Zeus seated on high-backed throne left, holding Nike facing right offering wreath on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left
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Physical Description

  • Axis: 1

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 4.01
    • Diameter (in mm): 18

Typological Description

Source: Seleucid Coins (part 2) 1781.1n

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Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1944.100.76414
  • Department: Greek
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Bequest of E.T. Newell
    • Bourgey 1924

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States

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Annotations

1. Edward T. Newell hoard notebook, undated

Sections
205, 205
Creator
Newell, Edward Theodore, 1886-1941
Abstract
Notebook containing notes on coins of various hoards, along with loose leaves with additional coin lists, notes, and rubbings. A detached label once adhered to the cover of the album reads, "HOARDS II." Includes a letter to Margaret Thompson from Martin Price of the British Museum relating to a joint project on the coins of Alexander the Great (1968). Hoards covered in the notebook are Sardis, Anadol, Aleppo, Ankyra, Aintab, Andhritsena, Abu Hommos, Taranto, Bithynian, Demanhur, Chalcis (Eretria), Calabria, Constantinople, Cyprus (Larnaka), Peloponessos, Drama, Greece (Tiffany), Eretria, Epidaurus, Sparta, Patras, Gesou, Haiffa, Prof. Haynes, Saida, Jandolo, Anadol, Kuft, Kyparissia, Keleler, Karditsa, Messene, Larnaka, Lamia, Latakie, Mosul, Marasesti, Patras, Parthian, Philip II Staters, Ravel, Salonica, Sophikon, Taranto, Tripolitsa, Thebes, Urfa, Gejou, Lamia, and Kyparissia.
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