16960 - Asia Minor (uncertain mint) (Antiochus Hierax) (tetradrachm Antiochus/Apollo) over Seleucus II (Seleucus/Apollo) (CNG, 97, Sept. 2014, 287): Difference between revisions
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|Image overstriking coin=2395 - Uncertain mint in Asia Minor (Antiochus Hierax?).png | |Image overstriking coin=2395 - Uncertain mint in Asia Minor (Antiochus Hierax?).png | ||
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=703895&AucID=1303&Lot=287 | |||
|Image overstruck variety=SC I, n° 931.png | |Image overstruck variety=SC I, n° 931.png | ||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.931 | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.931 | ||
|Sale= | |Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, 97, 17 Sept. 2014, 287. | ||
|Obverse description=Male head right with youthful features, wearing diadem with ends falling straight and parallel | |Obverse description=Male head right with youthful features, wearing diadem with ends falling straight and parallel | ||
|Reverse legend=BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTI-OXOY | |Reverse legend=BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTI-OXOY | ||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |Reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Reverse description=Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow; no control marks. Unpublished. Good VF, lightly toned, light marks and scratches | |Reverse description=Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow; no control marks. Unpublished. Good VF, lightly toned, light marks and scratches | ||
|Mint=Asia Minor (uncertain mint) | |||
|Ancient region=asia minor | |Ancient region=asia minor | ||
|Authority=Antiochus Hierax (Seleucid usurper, 246-227 BC); Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) | |Authority=Antiochus Hierax (Seleucid usurper, 246-227 BC); Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) | ||
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|Axis=1 | |Axis=1 | ||
|Denomination=tetradrachm | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Standard=Attic | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Diademed head of Seleucus III right | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣIΛ[ΕΩΣ] ΣE[ΛΕYΚΟΥ] | |Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣIΛ[ΕΩΣ] ΣE[ΛΕYΚΟΥ] | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Apollo standing left, leaning elbow on tripod (visible: Apollo’s head and the top of the tripod) | |Overstruck reverse description=Apollo standing left, leaning elbow on tripod (visible: Apollo’s head and the top of the tripod) | ||
|Overstruck authority=Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC); Seleukos II Kallinikos (Seleucid king, 246-225 BC) | |Overstruck authority=Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC); Seleukos II Kallinikos (Seleucid king, 246-225 BC) | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=SC II, | |Overstruck date from=246 BCE | ||
|Overstruck date to=225 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |||
|Coin series reference overstruck=SC II, n° 931 | |||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.931 | |Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.931 | ||
|Remarks=The undertype is most almost certainly a coin of Seleukos II [see SC II p. 666, C931], and although SC 936 might belong to the time of Seleukos III, the traces of the right-side monogram on the undertype are not consistent with the monograms of that issue). The identification of the issuer as Antiochos Hierax is not certain, but seems most likely, as the coin portraiture of Antiochos III is well developed, and the portrait on the present coin does not fit in this scheme. If the coin is of Hierax, it may suggest that he had a program to recoin his rival Seleukos II’s coinage by overstriking it. | |Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional | ||
|Level of confidence=strong | |||
|Remarks="The undertype is most almost certainly a coin of Seleukos II [see SC II p. 666, C931], and although SC 936 might belong to the time of Seleukos III, the traces of the right-side monogram on the undertype are not consistent with the monograms of that issue). The identification of the issuer as Antiochos Hierax is not certain, but seems most likely, as the coin portraiture of Antiochos III is well developed, and the portrait on the present coin does not fit in this scheme. If the coin is of Hierax, it may suggest that he had a program to recoin his rival Seleukos II’s coinage by overstriking it". | |||
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Revision as of 21:38, 8 June 2023
242 BCE - 227 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTI-OXOY
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, 97, 17 Sept. 2014, 287. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Male head right with youthful features, wearing diadem with ends falling straight and parallel | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTI-OXOY (Greek) Apollo Delphios seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow, no control marks. Unpublished. Good VF, lightly toned, light marks and scratches |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Asia Minor (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. | asia minor | 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 |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.4715.47 g <br />15,470 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.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3131 mm <br />3.1 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head of Seleucus III right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣIΛ[ΕΩΣ] ΣE[ΛΕYΚΟΥ] (Greek) Apollo standing left, leaning elbow on tripod (visible: Apollo’s head and the top of the tripod) |
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: | Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Seleukos II Kallinikos (Seleucid king, 246-225 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 246 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 225 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
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: | SC II1SC II, n° 931 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "The undertype is most almost certainly a coin of Seleukos II [see SC II p. 666, C931], and although SC 936 might belong to the time of Seleukos III, the traces of the right-side monogram on the undertype are not consistent with the monograms of that issue). The identification of the issuer as Antiochos Hierax is not certain, but seems most likely, as the coin portraiture of Antiochos III is well developed, and the portrait on the present coin does not fit in this scheme. If the coin is of Hierax, it may suggest that he had a program to recoin his rival Seleukos II’s coinage by overstriking it". | ||
References
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine C. - Hoover, Oliver D. (2008), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 2, Seleucus IV through Antiochus XIII, 2 v., New York - Lancaster - London, (xxx), 120 p. of plates : ill., maps, tables

