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|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2107191&AucID=5024&Lot=245 | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2107191&AucID=5024&Lot=245 | ||
|Museum collection=London, British Museum | |Museum collection=London, British Museum | ||
|Obverse description=Jugate heads of | |Obverse description=Jugate heads of Demetrius diademed and Laodice draped and wearing stephane right, fillet border. | ||
|Reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ | |Reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ | ||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |Reverse legend language=Greek | ||
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|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |Overstruck standard=Attic | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=CSE, n° 990; SC II, n° 1589; HGC 9, 761 | |Coin series reference overstruck=CSE, n° 990; SC II, n° 1589; HGC 9, n° 761 | ||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.1589 | |Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.1589 | ||
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | |Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | ||
|Level of confidence=sure | |Level of confidence=sure | ||
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161 BCE - 150 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1176 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint.png
Overstruck variety
Timarchus Dioscuri.jpeg [1]
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Jugate heads of Demetrius diademed and Laodice draped and wearing stephane right, fillet border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ (Greek) Tyche seated left, throne supported by winged tritoness, holding scepter and cornucopia. In outside left field, palm and monogram. Border of dots. |
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: | Demetrius I Soter (Seleucid king, 162-150 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 161 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE | hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver 
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.316.3 g <br />16,300 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> |
| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Jenkins 1951, p. 3, pl. I, 6, BMC, 2. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Jenkins 19511Jenkins 1951, p. 3, pl. I, 6, CSE2CSE, n° 991, SC II3SC II, n° 1686-1689, HGC 94HGC 9, n° 799 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed and draped bust of Timarchos to right, wearing triple-crested Boeotian helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΛΟΥ ΤΙΜΑΡΧΟΥ (Greek) The Dioscuri galloping to right, each holding spear in his right hand |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ecbatana | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Media | Modern countryModern country: Iran | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Timarchus (satrap of Media in c. 175-163 BC and Seleucid usurper in 162-161 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 164 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 161 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | CSE2CSE, n° 990, SC II3SC II, n° 1589, HGC 94HGC 9, n° 761 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1951), "Notes on Seleucid coins", London, The Numismatic Chronicle 11/41, p. 1-21, pl. I-II.
- a b Hougton, Arthur (1983), Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the collection of Arthur Houghton, Ancient Coins in North American Collections 4, New York, xiv, 122 p., 2 fold. charts, 77 pls.
- a b 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
- a b 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.
