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	10.51 g
Diameter	23 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 540896
References	BMC Greek# 3-4 var. British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Vlasto Alexander# 1 Michel P. Vlasto; 1926. “Alexander, son of Neoptolemos, of Epirus”, The Numismatic Chronicle, Series 5, Volume 6, pages 154-231. , Weber# 3012 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , BostonMFA# 943 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. , Vlasto# 1866 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , HGC 3.1# 256 Oliver D. Hoover; 2016. Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors / Volume 3, Part 1. Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros: Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

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Obverse

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

Reverse

(en) Thunderbolt shown vertically; to right, eagle's head.

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 - 332 BC)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Noble Numismatics Auction 135 Lot 4074	9 Apr 2024	VF	Unsold
© Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd
	CNG Triton V Lot 1138	16 Jan 2002	VF	USD 900.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Auction 55 (13 September 2000), lot 76; ex Spink & Sons 1926 = Engel Gros Sale Paris, 17 December 1921 Pl/III, 46; Sotheby "Late Collector Sale" 1900 (PL.V. 260)
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