SO 2023 - Hecatompylos over uncertain mint

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2754


171 BCE - 132 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ΑPΣΑΚΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
CNG_105, _472.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Ref_eukratides.png [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, 105, 04 May, 2017, 472
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Nisa Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head left, wearing bashlyk, torque and cloak. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ΑPΣΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Hecatompylos Ancient regionAncient region. Hyrcania 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: Mithradates I of Parthia, Parthian Empire
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 171 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 132 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: 0.660.66 g <br />660 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: obol 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).: 1414 mm <br />1.4 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3773633 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sellwood 19801Sellwood 1980, n°9.7 var., Nelson 20112Nelson 2011, n°253 (same dies)

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ (Greek) Two pilei with stars, palms to right of each
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Bactria (uncertain mint) Ancient regionAncient region.  Bactria Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Bactrian kingdom, Eucratides I of Bactria (Greco-Bactrian king, 171-145 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 171 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 145 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. : obol Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : [[3]]3https://numismatics.org/collection/1995.51.310?lang=fr
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on an obol of Eukratides I of Baktria"

References

  1. ^  Sellwood, David (1980), An introduction to the coinage of Parthia, 2nd ed., London, Spink & Son, 322 p., 10 pl.
  2. ^  Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster
  3. ^ https://numismatics.org/collection/1995.51.310?lang=fr