Stater - Alexander Tarentum

Features

Issuer	Kings of Epeiros
Król	Alexander I (342 BC - 331 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	334 BC - 332 BC
Value	Stater (2)
Currency	Corcyrean drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	10.9 g
Diameter	24 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 173812
References	BMC Greek# 4 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Traité IV# 332 Ernest Babelon; 1932. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.4 Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de la Grèce septentrionale aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France. , Jameson# 1122 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Dewing# 1438 Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.); 1985. The Dewing Collection of Greek Coins. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes). , Ward# 460 John Ward, George Francis Hill; 1902. Greek coins and their parent cities. John Murray, London, United Kingdom. , Vlasto Alexander# 9, 14-15 Michel P. Vlasto; 1926. “Alexander, son of Neoptolemos, of Epirus”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Series 5, Volume 6, pages 154-231. , Bement# 968 William S. Kundig (ed.); 1924. Collection Clarence S. Bement / Monnaies grecques antiques en or et en argent. Naville & Cie, Geneva, Switzerland (2 volumes). , Rhousopoulos# 1541 Jacob Hirsch; 1905. Auctions-Catalog einer hochbedeutenden Sammlung Griechischer Münzen: aus dem Nachlasse eines bekannten Archäologen = Auctions catalog of a highly important collection of Greek coins. Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , Bement Cabinet# 163 Clarence S. Bement, Thomas Louis Comparette; 1921. A descriptive catalogue of Greek coins selected from the cabinet of Clarence S. Bement, esq. American Numismatic Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. , Gillet# 1088 . Charles Gillet Collection.

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Obverse

(en) Head of Zeus Dodonaios to right, wearing oak wreath. Below neck, Γ.

Script: grecki

Lettering: Γ

Reverse

Thunderbolt Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
ΤΟΥ ΝΕΟΠΤΟΛΕΜΟΥ

Mint

Taras, Calabria, modern-day Taranto, Italy

Comments

(en)

PCG III. B, 28; de Sartiges 230.

This type is thought to have been minted to pay Greek mercenaries hired to defend the Greek cities in Southern Italy from the local tribes: the Brutti and the Lucani. Cities like Tarentum and/or Lokroi.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (334 BC - 332 BC)							$ 19 000

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Stater - Alexander (Tarentum)

BMC Greek (Thessaly) p. 110, 4

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Nomos AG Auction 1 Lot 55	6 May 2009	XF	USD 26 618.90 (CHF 21 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 140 Lot 5	7 Nov 2023	VF	USD 27 886.47 (CHF 22 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex J. Vinchon sale 14 April 1984, Comtesse de Béhague, 114
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 106 Lot 1052	4 Sep 2018	VF	USD 4200.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers