SO 2053 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2702

44 - 45 | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group EA 386 (09/11/2016), no. 400
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	W. H. Guertin Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of king left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ Vardanes seated right, receiving palm from Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia, year (356) above, month (?) in exergue

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:

Vardanes I (king of Parthian Empire, c. 40-45 AD), 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. 44 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 45

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: 14.1314.13 g <br />14,130 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).: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

D. Sellwood1D. Sellwood, An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, London, 1980, no. 64.28-30, Ch. Fröhlich2Ch. 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.:

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:

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 ᵖ:

Additional data

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