SO 1185 - Ptolemais-Ake? over Apamea

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1942

136 BCE - 135 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ EYEPΓΕΤΟΥ

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Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Antiochos right, wearing diadem. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ EYEPΓΕΤΟΥ (Greek) Athena left, holding Nike, spear and shield. In outer left field, monogram. All within laureal wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Ptolemais-Ake?

Ancient regionAncient region.

Syria (Phoenicia)

Modern countryModern country:

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 VII Euergetes (Seleucid king, 138-129 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 136 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 135 BCE

hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SC II1SC II, n° 2118.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2118

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:

Apameia

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Syria

Modern countryModern country: Syria

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

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. 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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

SC 20082SC 2008

Additional data

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