SO 2026 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2606


57 BCE - 37 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ/BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Triton XIII, 05 Jan. 2010, 635; Stack's Bowers Galleries, 154, June 2010, 8078

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Bust left, wearing torque ending in sea-horse or griffin, diadem and drapery. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ/BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ (Greek) Orodes enthroned right, raising up kneeling Tyche, who raises right hand and cradles scepter in left arm. Above, ΠO monogram.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Seleuceia ad Tigrim Ancient regionAncient region. Mesopotamia Modern countryModern country: Iraq 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: Orodes II (king of Parthia, 57-37 BCE), Parthian Empire
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 57 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 37 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: 15.2315.23 g <br />15,230 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=805583 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sellwood 19801Sellwood 1980, n°45.3, Shore 19932Shore 1993, n°209, Nelson 20113Nelson 2011, 381

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on uncertain undertype"

References

  1. ^  Sellwood, David (1980), An introduction to the coinage of Parthia, 2nd ed., London, Spink & Son, 322 p., 10 pl.
  2. ^  Shore, Fred B. (1993), Parthian coins & history : ten dragons against Rome, Classical Numismatic Group, p.188
  3. ^  Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster