17290 - Phrygia (uncertain mint) (Antiochus Hierax) (tetradrachm Antiochus/Apollo) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, EA 540, June 2023, 184)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 17290

242 BCE - 227 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 540, 14 June 2023, 184.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY (Greek) Apollo, testing arrow and resting hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos, EΠO in exergue

Mint and issuing power

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

Phrygia (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Phrygia

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 ^{323-30 BC}

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: 16.6916.69 g <br />16,690 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SC I1SC I, n° 907c, HGC 92HGC 9, n° 403i
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/sco/results?q=907

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of young Herakles r. wearing lionskin headdress

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΛEΞANΔPoY (Greek) Zeus seated l. holding eagle and scepter

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:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 332 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 227 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

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:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on an issue with Zeus seated on the reverse (undertype partially visible on reverse)"

References

^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2009), Handbook of ancient Syrian coins : royal and civic issues, fourth to first centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage 9, Lancaster, lxix, 332 p.