161 BCE - 150 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Jugate heads of Demetrios diademed and Ladike draped and wearing stephane right.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ (Greek) Tyche seated left, throne supported by winged tritoness, holding scepter and cornucopia. In outside left field, palm and monogram. Border of dots.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 161 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE
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hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver 
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.316.3 g <br />16,300 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Le Rider 1965, p. 142, pl. XXVII, D.
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Le Rider 19651Le Rider 1965, p. 142, pl. XXVII, D, CSE2CSE, n° 991, SC II3SC II, n° 1686-1689, HGC 94HGC 9, n° 799
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| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Diademed and draped bust of Timarchos to right, wearing triple-crested Boeotian helmet.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΛΟΥ ΤΙΜΑΡΧΟΥ (Greek) The Dioscuri galloping to right, each holding spear in his right hand
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 164 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 161 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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frequent
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Ce tétradrachme a été surfrappé sur un exemplaire de Timarque : on voit encore au revers l’arrière de la tête casquée, au droit les jambes avant et arrière des chevaux et un partie de la légende [ME]ΓAΛ[OY] – TIMAPX[ΟΥ]"
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References
- ^ Le Rider, Georges (1965), Suse sous les Séleucides et les Parthes. Les trouvailles monétaires et l'histoire de la ville, Paris, Paul Geuthner, 491 p., 74 pl.
- a b Hougton, Arthur (1983), Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the collection of Arthur Houghton, Ancient Coins in North American Collections 4, New York, xiv, 122 p., 2 fold. charts, 77 pls.
- a b 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
- a b 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.
