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ID:
90010055
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Greek
Region:
EPIRUS
City:
Epirus, Kings of
Issuer:
Alexander
Date Ruled:
350-330 BC
Metal:
Silver
Denomination:
Stater
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
BC circa 332
Weight:
10.94 g
Die Axis:
12 h
Obverse Legend:
Γ
Obverse Description:
Head of Zeus Dodonaios to right, wearing oak wreath; below neck, Γ
Reverse Legend:
ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ - ΤΟΥ ΝΕΟΠΤΟΛΕΜΟΥ
Reverse Description:
Thunderbolt
Mint:
Tarentum (?)
Primary Reference:
Dewing 1438
Reference2:
PCG III. B, 28
Reference3:
Ward 460 (this coin)
Reference4:
Vlasto, Alexander Group D, 9c (this coin)
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=138619
Grade:
aEF
Notes:
From the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and John Ward, Sotheby & Co., Zurich, 4 April 1973, 380. Alexander the Molossian was yet another high-born general who came to the aid of the Greeks of Magna Graecia against their native enemies. His greatest legacy was numismatic: gold and silver staters bearing a head of Zeus and a thunderbolt, which were struck on his behalf to pay his troops. They are generally thought to have been minted in Tarentum, and are certainly only found in southern Italy, but HN III ignores them and they tend to be classified under Epirus alone (though they seem not to have circulated there). This piece is one of the finest known examples.
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
