GC Le monete più attraenti di Alessandro Magno

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Zecca di Sidone: obolo di Alessandro Price 3476 (CNG 96)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.62 gm). Sidon mint. Struck circa 333-305 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; SI in left field. Price 3476; Müller 1398. VF, porous.

96, Lot: 23. Estimate $75. Sold for $47.

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Zecca di Sidone: obolo di Alessandro Price 3476 (CNG 284)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.38 g, 6h). Sidon mint. Undated issue, struck under Menon or Menes, circa 332/1-324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ΣΙ in left field. Price 3476; Newell, Sidon 17. Near VF, toned, porous.

284, Lot: 50. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. 

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Zecca di Sidone: obolo di Alessandro Price 3476 (CNG 231)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.49 g, 9h). Sidon mint. Struck circa 333-305 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ΣΙ in left field. Price 3476. Fine, find patina.

231, Lot: 37. Estimate $75. Sold for $45.

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Zecca di Lampsaco: obolo di Alessandro non pubblicato dal Price (CNG 265)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.59 g, 4h). Lampsakos mint. Struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 328/5-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; two conjoined horseparts in left field, trident below throne. Price -; Hersch, Additions -; Arena -. Good VF, find patina.

265, Lot: 51. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. 

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Zecca di Arado: obolo di Alessandro Price 3330A (collezione ANS)

  

ID:                                                                            3330A-2

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                            struck

Date Struck:                                                             328-320 BC

Diameter:                                                                 9 mm

Weight:                                                                     .66 g

Die Axis:                                                                   11 h

Obverse Description:                                                Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                      ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                Zeus seated left on throne with back, left leg drawn back, holding eagle in right hand and                                                                                                   scepter in left; Ξ in left field; below throne, Α above Ρ

Mint:                                                                         Aradus

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 3330A

Photograph Credit:                                                   © American Numismatic Society

Source:                                                                     http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.34744

Special Comments:                                                  Identifier: 1944.100.34744 . The photo is provided under Creative Commons. For further information go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Grade:                                                                      gVF

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=323999

 

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Zecca di Arado: obolo di Alessandro Price 3319 (Künker)

ID:                                                                            136938

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                            struck

Date Struck:                                                             328-320 BC

Weight:                                                                     .68 g

Die Axis:                                                                   11 h

Obverse Description:                                                Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                      ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                Zeus seated left on throne with back, left leg drawn back, holding eagle in right hand and                                                                                                   scepter in left; Σ in left field; below throne, Α above Ρ

Mint:                                                                         Aradus

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 3319

Photograph Credit:                                                   Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG

Source:                                                                     https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=136938

Grade:                                                                      aVF

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=316962

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Zecca di Arado: obolo di Alessandro Price 3319 (CNG 235)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (15mm, 0.64 g, 9h). Arados mint. Possible lifetime issue, circa 324/3-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Σ in left field, monogram below throne. Price 3319. VF, light porosity and roughness.

235, Lot: 53. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. 

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Zecca fenicia, probab. Arado: obolo di Alessandro non pubblicato dal Price (CNG 201)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.69 g, 8h). Arados mint(?). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. Price -; Hersh, Additions -; cf. Arena 37 (Uncertain Eastern); Duyrat -. VF, toned, a little porous.

The style of this coin suggests that it is of Phoenician manufacture, perhaps Arados.

201, Lot: 34. Estimate $100. Sold for $330. 

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Zecca fenicia, probab. Arado: obolo di Alessandro non pubblicato dal Price (CNG 328)

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.69 g, 9h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Arados mint. Struck 320/19-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; AP monogram in left field. Cf. Price 3424 (for similar tetradrachm; Byblos); CNG 61, 461; Künker 104, 164; Rauch 85, 181. VF, lightly toned. Very rare.

328, Lot: 242. Estimate $150. Sold for $100. 

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Zecca fenicia, probab. Arado: obolo di Alessandro non pubblicato dal Price (mia moneta dalla Elsen)

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Obol (0.702 g, 8 mm). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Arados mint. Struck 320/19-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; AP monogram in left field. Cf. Price 3424 (for similar tetradrachm; Byblos); CNG 61, 461; Künker 104, 164; Rauch 85, 181. VF.

Sotto la mia scansione. La mia attribuzione si basa sulla somiglianza con i precedenti oboli della CNG 328 e CNG 201.

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Zecca di Abido: obolo di Alessandro non pubblicato dal Price (Gorny & Mosch)

ID:                                                                            1551viuthmt

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                            struck

Date Struck:                                                             310-301 BC

Weight:                                                                     0.64 g

Obverse Description:                                                Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                      ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, both feet on footstool, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in                                                                                        left; in left field, head of Ammon right; ivy leaf under throne

Mint:                                                                         Abydus

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 1551 var. #1 (drachm)

Photograph Credit:                                                   Gorny & Mosch GmbH

Source:                                                                     http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=295659

Grade:                                                                      aVF

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=304630

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Zecca di Miriandro: obolo di Alessandro Price 3227 (CNG 79)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (0.64 g, 2h). Myriandros or Issos mint. Lifetime issue, struck 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field and below throne. Price 3227; Newell, Myriandros -; Sternberg XXI, 84 (same dies). EF, toned, with good metal. Exceptional

Sale: CNG 79, 17 September 2008, Lot: 168. Estimate $300. Sold For $1000. 

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Zecca di Miriandro: obolo di Alessandro Price 3227 (CNG 75)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.66 gm). Myriandros mint. Lifetime issue, struck circa 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; monogram in left field; M below strut under throne. Price 3227; Müller -. VF.

75, Lot: 6. Estimate $150. Sold for $105. 

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Può interessare l’ubicazione e la storia di Miriandro (in latino Myriandro, in greco antico Myriandros), antica città posta ai confini tra l’antica Siria e la Cilicia piana (Cilicia Campestris), sede di un grande porto, di un emporio per lo scambio delle merci e di una zecca che batteva regolare moneta secondo gli storici dell’epoca.

A Miriandro, nel novembre del 333 a. C., Alessandro Magno pianificò la battaglia decisiva contro i Persiani di Dario III, che si tenne a circa 37 km nella piana di Isso, aprendo la strada alla conquista macedone della Fenicia.

Da Wikipedia

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Zecca di Miriandro: obolo di Alessandro Price 3227 (CNG 61)

MACEDON, Kings of. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (0.66 gm). Myriandros mint. Struck 325-323 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; monogram left, monogram under throne. Price 3227; Müller -. Toned, good VF, typical porosity. ($250)

Sale: CNG 61, 25 September 2002, Lot: 453. Estimate $250. Sold For $270.

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Zecca di Miriandro: obolo di Alessandro Price 3227 var. (CNG 279)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.66 g, 11h). Myriandros or Issos mint. Struck under Menes or Philotas, circa 325-324/3 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ankh in left field, M below throne. Price 3227 var. (M-I monogram below throne); Newell, Myriandros -. Good VF, toned, light pitting.

279, Lot: 65. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. 

 

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Zecca di Miriandro: obolo di Alessandro Price 3227, esemplare http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3227

Data 325 B.C. - 323 B.C.

Nominale Obol

Zecca Myriandrus

Dritto Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress

Rovescio ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ: Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand

Riferimento Price (1991)

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Biblo (gr. Βύβλος, Byblos; lat. Byblus) è un’antica città fenicia, fra Tripoli e Beirut (sul luogo dell’odierna Giubail, in Libano). Abitata fin dai primi tempi del Calcolitico, intrattenne dall’inizio del 3° millennio rapporti con la Mesopotamia e l’Egitto. Fu il più antico centro di civiltà fenicia attraverso il quale l’influsso egiziano si irradiò nella Siria. Emporio del commercio del papiro, divenne probabilmente il luogo in cui si fissò la scrittura alfabetica. Non minore fu la sua importanza religiosa con il culto della dea madre semitica Astarte, venerata con il nome di Signora di Biblo (Ba‛alat Gubal), che assunse molti attributi della dea egiziana Hathor.

Da http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/biblo/

All’arrivo di Alessandro Magno in Fenicia nel 332 a. C., Biblo si arrese spontaneamente al Macedone, come pure Sidone ma non Tiro che venne cinta d’assedio e conquistata.

Il Price non riporta oboli del Grande coniati dalla zecca di Biblo, ma nelle aste troviamo oboli attribuiti a questa zecca per il monogramma AP caratteristico dei tetradrammi di Biblo Price 3424.

Zecca di Biblo: obolo di Alessandro non pubblicato dal Price (CNG 61)

MACEDON, Kings of. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Obol (0.66 gm). Byblos mint. Struck 330-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; AP monogram left. Cf. Price 3424 (tetradrachm); Müller -. Good VF, typical porosity. Unpublished denomination from this mint. ($250)

Sale: CNG 61, 25 September 2002, Lot: 461. Estimate $250. Sold For $250.

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Zecca di Biblo: obolo di Alessandro non pubblicato dal Price (Vauctions)

ID:                                                                            obol1

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                            struck

Date Struck:                                                             330-320 BC

Diameter:                                                                 8 mm

Weight:                                                                     0.67 g

Obverse Description:                                                Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                      ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                Zeus seated left on backless throne, legs parallel, both feet on footstool, holding eagle in right                                                                                         hand and scepter in left; ΑΡ ligate in left field

Mint:                                                                         Byblos

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 3424 var. #3 (tetradrachm)

Photograph Credit:                                                   Vauctions

Source:                                                                     http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=492611

Grade:                                                                      aVF

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=300000

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Oboli della zecca di Berito pubblicati dal Price.

Berito è l’antico nome dell’odierna Beirut, città costiera della Fenicia che nel periodo di massima fioritura delle città-stato fenicie rimase in posizione di limitata importanza rispetto a Tiro, Sidone e Biblo.

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Zecca di Berito: obolo di Alessandro Price 3408 (British Museum)

ID:                                                                            AN00646389_001_l

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                            struck

Date Struck:                                                             323-320 BC

Weight:                                                                     .66 g

Die Axis:                                                                   9 h

Obverse Description:                                                Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                      ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding eagle in right hand and                                                                                                 scepter in left; Β in left field

Mint:                                                                         Berytus

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 3408

Photograph Credit:                                                   © The Trustees of the British Museum

Source:                                                                     http://www.britishmuseum.org

Special Comments:                                                  Registration number 2002,0101.776 ; Acquisition date 2002

Grade:                                                                      Fine

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=321925

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Zecca di Berito: obolo di Alessandro Price 3417 corr. (ΟΛ sotto il trono) (British Museum)

ID:                                                                            AN00646393_001_l

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Obol

Struck / Cast:                                                            struck

Date Struck:                                                             323-320 BC

Weight:                                                                     .64 g

Die Axis:                                                                   8 h

Obverse Description:                                                Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                      ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding eagle in right hand and                                                                                                scepter in left; Β in left field, ΛΙΝ below throne

Mint:                                                                         Berytus

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 3417 corr. (ΟΛ below throne)

Photograph Credit:                                                   © The Trustees of the British Museum

Source:                                                                     http://www.britishmuseum.org

Special Comments:                                                  Registration number 2002,0101.779 ; Acquisition date 2002

Grade:                                                                      aFine

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=321929

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Zecca di Berito: obolo di Alessandro Price 3417 (CNG 395)

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter. As satrap, 323-305 BC. AR Obol (9.5mm, 0.40 g, 9h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Byblos mint. Struck circa 320/19-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; B in left field, OΛ below throne. Price 3417. VF, toned, porous. Very rare, only one in Pella, none in CoinArchives.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.

Si nota dalla didascalia che l’esemplare è stato erroneamente attribuito alla zecca di Biblo.  E dire che è stato venduto a $1300 partendo dalla stima di $100.

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Obolo della zecca di Ake pubblicato dal Price

Ake è il nome con il quale fu chiamata Akko (ebraico) o Akka (arabo), odierna Acri, cittadina dello stato d’Israele ca. 20 km a nord di Haifa, durante il periodo di Alessandro Magno in cui mantenne la propria autonomia.

Ake divenne polis sotto Tolomeo II (285-46 a. C.) col nome di Tolemaide, ma dopo il 219 a. C. serviva da porto ai Seleucidi. La sua autonomia è dimostrata dal ritrovamento di monete che non recano l’effigie di alcun conquistatore.

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Zecca di Ake: obolo di Alessandro Price 3253 (collezione ANS)

http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.35364