24993 - Antioch (Antiochus VI) (tetradrachm Antiochus/Dioscuri) over Seleucid type (Numismatica Ars Classica, 146, May 2024, 2256)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 24993

144 BCE - 142 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ – ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ / ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Previously privately purchased from Bank Leu on 14th December 1973 = Leu, Winterthur sale 8, 2021, 148 = Numismatica Ars Classica, 146, 8 May 2024, 2256
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Radiate and diademed head r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ – ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ / ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ (Greek) The Dioscuri galloping l., holding lances, in r. field, TPY above monogram above ΣTA, below horses, OP. All within wreath of lily, ivy and grain leaves and ears.

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 VI Dionysus (Seleucid king, 144-142 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 144 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 142 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: 16.4616.46 g <br />16,460 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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:	SC II1SC II, n° 2000 3b
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2000

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:
RemarksRemarks:	"traces of overstriking on reverse" (nb: the end of the legend (ΒΑΣΙΛ)ΕΩΣ is clearly visible)

References

^ 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