25595 - Charax Spasinou (Hyspaosines) (tetradrachm Hyspaosines/Heracles) over uncertain royal Hellenistic type (CNG, EA 539, May 2023, 390)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 25595

128 BCE - 127 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, YΣΠAOΣINOY to left

Images

Overstriking coin

Hyspaosines_Classical_Numismatic_Group,_EA_539,_31_May_2023,_390.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 539, 31 May 2023, 390

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, YΣΠAOΣINOY to left (Greek) Diademed head right / Herakles seated left on rock, holding club on knee, monogram to outer left, EΠP (date) in exergue

Mint and issuing power

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

Charax Spasinou

Ancient regionAncient region.

Characene

Modern countryModern country: Irak

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:

Characene kingdom, Hyspaosines of Characene (127-124 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 128 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 127 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC 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: 16.2016.2 g <br />16,200 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).: 31.531.5 mm <br />3.15 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Alram 19861Alram 1986, n° 491, Assar 20012Assar 2001, fig, 13313, Nelson 20114Nelson 2011, n° 463

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

seated figure (Zeus aetophoros.) to left

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

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:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an uncertain Alexandrine undertype"