SO 1981 - Uncertain mint under Tiraeus I of Characene over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2771

88 - 87 | BAΣIΛEΩΣ TIPAIOY EYEPΓETOY

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Triton 20 (10/01/2017), no. 428

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.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ TIPAIOY EYEPΓETOY Tyche, wearing mural crown, seated left, holding in outstretched right hand Nike, standing right and holding wreath, and cradling cornucopia in left arm. in exergue, EKΣ (year 225).

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region.

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:

Tiraeus I of Characene (king of Characene, 95/94-90/89 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 88 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 87

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 14.5314.53 g <br />14,530 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

M. Alram1M. Alram , Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna, 1986, 498 (date unrecorded).

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:

Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator (Seleucid king, 96-94 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:

Additional data

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