1709 - Alexandria Troas (Antiochus Hierax) (tetradrachm Antiochus/Apollo) over uncertain type (Coin Galleries, Dec. 2007, 227)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1709

242 BCE - 227 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Antiochos Hierax 1159 Alexandria Troas.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Stack’s coin galleries, 18 Dec. 2007, lot 227 = Spink America, Dec. 1995, lot 2165

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Antiochos right, wearing winged diadem. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ (Greek) Apollo seating on omphalos left, nude, holding arrow and bow. Above, star or monogram. In outer left field, monogram. In exergue, horse left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Alexandria Troas

Ancient regionAncient region.

Troas

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

Antiochus Hierax (Seleucid usurper, 246-227 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 242 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 227 BCE

hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.9216.92 g <br />16,920 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SC I1SC I, n° 874-886
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.874

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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	several lines of text are clearly visible on the reverse which should reduce the number of possibilities