SO 2030 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3134

38 - 2 | BAΣIΛEΩΣ/BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Baldwin 100 (27/09/2016), no. 331 ; New York Sale 34 (06/01/2015), no. 301
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Sellwood collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust left, wearing torque, diadem and drapery. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ/BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ King enthroned right in front of Tyche holding palm and cornucopia.

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. 38 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 2

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: 13.7413.74 g <br />13,740 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:

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.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦΙΛOPΩMAIOY AYTOKPATΩP visible on reverse: legend

Mint and issuing power

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

Seleuceia ad Tigrim

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Mesopotamia

Modern countryModern country: Iraq

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

Tiridates I (usurper against Phraates IV in c. 29 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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