16960 - Asia Minor (uncertain mint) (Antiochus Hierax) (tetradrachm Antiochus/Apollo) over Seleucus II (Seleucus/Apollo) (CNG, 97, Sept. 2014, 287)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 16960


242 BCE - 227 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTI-OXOY

Images
Overstriking coin
2395 - Uncertain mint in Asia Minor (Antiochus Hierax?).png [1]
Overstruck variety
SC I, n° 931.png [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, 97, 17 Sept. 2014, 287.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Male head right with youthful features, wearing diadem with ends falling straight and parallel ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTI-OXOY (Greek) Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow, no control marks. Unpublished. Good VF, lightly toned, light marks and scratches
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Asia Minor (uncertain mint) Ancient regionAncient region. asia minor 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 Hierax (Seleucid usurper, 246-227 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 242 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 227 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.4715.47 g <br />15,470 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 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:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head of Seleucus III right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣIΛ[ΕΩΣ] ΣE[ΛΕYΚΟΥ] (Greek) Apollo standing left, leaning elbow on tripod (visible: Apollo’s head and the top of the tripod)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Seleukos II Kallinikos (Seleucid king, 246-225 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 246 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 225 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SC II1SC II, n° 931
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "The undertype is most almost certainly a coin of Seleukos II [see SC II p. 666, C931], and although SC 936 might belong to the time of Seleukos III, the traces of the right-side monogram on the undertype are not consistent with the monograms of that issue). The identification of the issuer as Antiochos Hierax is not certain, but seems most likely, as the coin portraiture of Antiochos III is well developed, and the portrait on the present coin does not fit in this scheme. If the coin is of Hierax, it may suggest that he had a program to recoin his rival Seleukos II’s coinage by overstriking it".

References

  1. ^  Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine C. - Hoover, Oliver D. (2008), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 2, Seleucus IV through Antiochus XIII, 2 v., New York - Lancaster - London, (xxx), 120 p. of plates : ill., maps, tables