SO 2029 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Antioch

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3514

32 - 31 | BAΣIΛEΩΣ/BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, R 1288

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 Phraate IV in Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and scepter. In exergue, ΠC (year 280).

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:

Phraates IV (king of the Parthian Empire, 37-2 BC), Arsaces I (king of Parthia, founder of the Arsacid dynasty, 247-217 BC) - pretended authority

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 32 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 31

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: 13.8413.84 g <br />13,840 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.

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

G. Le Rider, "Monnaies acquises par le Cabinet des Médailles en 1959", Revue Numismatique 6/2 (1960), p. 32-33, n° 38, pl. 3

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Ch. Fröhlich1Ch. Fröhlich, Monnaies indo-scythes et indo-parthes du département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques. Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2008,

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Philippus (visible on obverse: frame of head)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

visible on reverse: monogram, legend, laurel wreath

Mint and issuing power

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

Antioch

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Syria (Seleucis and Pieria)

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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

Philip I Epiphanes Philadelphus (Seleucid king, 94/3-76/5 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 47 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

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