2590 - Charax Spasinou (Apodacus) (tetradrachm Apodacus/Heracles) over Demetrius I (Demetrius /Tyche) (CNG, 106, Sept. 2017, 535 )

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2590


106 BCE - 105 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΔΑΚΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
Apodacus_CNG, _106, _13_Sept._2017, _535.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Demetrius_I_Tyche.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, 106, 13 Sept. 2017, 535
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Nisa Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Male head right, wearing diadem. Bead-and-reel border. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΔΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Heracles seated left on rock covered by Nemean lion skin, holding club on knee. In outer left, monogram. in exergue, ZΣ (year 207).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Charax Spasinou Ancient regionAncient region. Characene Modern countryModern country: Irak 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: Apodacus of Characene (124-103 BCE), Characene kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 106 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 105 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: 15.9415.94 g <br />15,940 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3333 mm <br />3.3 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Alram 19861Alram 1986, n° 496.1
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head of Demetrios I to right, all within wreath ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (Greek) Tyche seated left on throne with tritoness support, holding scepter in left hand and cornucopia in right
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Demetrius I Soter (Seleucid king, 162-150 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 162 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 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 : HGC 92HGC 9, n° 795f, SC II3SC II, n° 1638.2d
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on an uncertain mint tetradrachm of Demetrios I (head right within wreath/Tyche seated left)"

References

  1. ^  Alram, Michael (1986), Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  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