Stater - Alexander Tarentum

Features

Issuer	Kings of Epeiros
Król	Alexander I (342 BC - 331 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	334 BC - 330 BC
Value	Stater (2)
Currency	Corcyrean drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	10.92 g
Diameter	23 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 445387
References	BMC Greek# 3 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Traité IV# 331 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. , Kunstfreund# 196 Herbert Adolph Cahn (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.), Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Pierre Strauss (ed.); 1974. Griechische Münzen aus der Sammlung eines Kunstfreundes: Auktion am 18. Mai 1974 in Zürich = Greek coins from the collection of an art lover. Bank Leu, Munzen & Medaillen Basel, Zürich, Switzerland / Basel, Switzerland. , Vlasto# 1868 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Lockett# 1649 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Consul Weber# 1443 Jacob Hirsch. Sammlung Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber. Munich, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes). , Vlasto Alexander# 2, 7, 10-13 Michel P. Vlasto; 1926. “Alexander, son of Neoptolemos, of Epirus”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Series 5, Volume 6, pages 154-231. , McClean# 5160 Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes).

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Obverse

(en) Bearded head of Zeus Dodonaios to right, wearing oak wreath.

Reverse

(en) Thunderbolt shown vertically; to left or right, eagle with closed wings.

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
ΤΟΥ ΝΕΟΠΤΟΛΕΜΟΥ

Mint

Taras, Calabria, modern-day Taranto, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (334 BC - 330 BC)								$ 63 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Nomos AG Auction 3 Lot 75	10 May 2011	XF	USD 86 156.54 (CHF 68 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG Auction 2 Lot 68	18 May 2010	XF	USD 40 544.26 (CHF 32 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 9, 16 April 1996, 32, Monnaies et Médailles 75, 4 December 1989, 235 and from the collection of C. Gillet, Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 28 May 1974, 196
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