Hyspaosines of Characene (127-124 BCE)
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Hyspaosines (also spelled Aspasine, c. 209 BC - 11 June 124 BC) was an Iranian satrap installed by Antiochus IV Epiphanes and later the first King (before 127-124 BC) of Characene (Mesene/Meshun). The portraiture of his coinage is Hellenistic in character.
Die Studies
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Overstriking coins
| Item | Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin | MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made. | DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety |
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| 25595 - Charax Spasinou (Hyspaosines) (tetradrachm Hyspaosines/Heracles) over uncertain royal Hellenistic type (CNG, EA 539, May 2023, 390) | 
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128 BC JL | ||
| 25599 - Charax Spasinou (Hyspaosines) (tetradrachm Hyspaosines/Heracles) over uncertain type (CNG, 114, May 2020, 461) | 
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Silver | 126 BC JL | |
| 25590 - Charax Spasinou (Hyspaosines) (tetradrachm Hyspaosines/Heracles) over uncertain type (Triton, XXVI, Jan. 2023, 453) | 
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Silver | 122 BC JL |
Overstruck coins
| Item | Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety | MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made. | DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin |
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| SO 2024 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint | 
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Silver | 127 BC JL | 
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Hyspaosines of Characene 
| TypeType of authority. ᵖ | Person |
| Nomisma IDNomisma ID | https://nomisma.org/id/hyspaosines_characene |
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Literature
- Alram 1986 (3 mentions)
- Assar 2001 (3 mentions)
- 13 (1 mentions)
- Nelson 2011 (1 mentions)
