1160 - Antioch (Antiochus VIII) (tetradrachm Antiochus/Zeus) over Seleucid type (CNG, EA 378, July 2016, 231)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1160

112 BCE - 110 BCE | ANTIOXOY - EΠI/ΦANOYΣ,

Images

Overstriking coin

Antiochus VIII on Seleucid - Classical Numismatic Group, E-Auction 378, 13 July 2016, 231.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, E-Auction 378, 13 July 2016, 231

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ANTIOXOY - EΠI/ΦANOYΣ, (Greek) Zeus Ouranios standing left, to outer left, monogram above A, Γ to inner right, all within laurel wreath

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Antioch

Ancient regionAncient region.

Syria

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Antiochus VIII Grypus (Seleucid king, 121/0-97/6 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 112 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 110 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.3215.32 g <br />15,320 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3131 mm <br />3.1 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SC I1SC I, n° 2302.1e, HGC 92HGC 9, n° 1197e

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2009), Handbook of ancient Syrian coins : royal and civic issues, fourth to first centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage 9, Lancaster, lxix, 332 p.