18623 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Demetrius II) (tetradrachm Demetrius/Athena) over Antiochus I? (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 99, May 2015, 414)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 18623

175 BCE - 170 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

2495 - Bactria (uncertain mint).jpg

Overstruck variety

Antiochus I Heracles Zeus .jpeg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	CNG, 99, 13 May 2015, 414

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed bust of Demetrios II right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (Greek) Athena standing facing, holding spear and grounded shield. Monogram to left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Bactria (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bactria

Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan

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:

Demetrius II Nicator (Seleucid king, 145-140 and 129-125 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 175 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 170 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: 16.7416.74 g <br />16,740 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).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, type 102, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, Démétrios II, série 1, p. 195, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 126
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.demetrius ii.2

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Beardless head of Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY (Greek) Zeus seated on stool-throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left

Mint and issuing power

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

Uncertain mint 16

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Bactria

Modern countryModern country:

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

Antiochus I Soter (Seleucid king, 281-261 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 294 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 281 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

tetradrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG Spaer4SNG Spaer, n° 332?, SC I5SC I, n° 245d
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.245

Additional data

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

References

^ Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2013), Handbook of coins of Baktria and ancient India : including Sogdiana, Margiana, Areia, and the Indo-Greek, Indo-Skythian, and native Indian states south of the Hindu Kush, fifth century BC to first century, Lancaster-London,
^ Houghton, Arthur - Spaer, Arnold - Lorber, Catharine C. (1998), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Israel. I : The Arnold Spaer collection of Seleucid coins, London, Italo Vecchi Ltd., p. 389, pl. 189.
^ 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.