SO 1165 - Sardis over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1777

211 BCE - 208 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Rauch (20/09/2012), lot 434.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ (Greek) Elephant standing left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Sardis

Ancient regionAncient region.

Lydia

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 III the Great (Seleucid king, 222-187 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 208 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 1.551.55 g <br />1,550 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SC I1SC I, n° 981.

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:

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

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