2590 - Charax Spasinou (Apodacus) (tetradrachm Apodacus/Heracles) over Demetrius I (Demetrius /Tyche) (CNG, 106, Sept. 2017, 535 )

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2590

106 BCE - 105 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΔΑΚΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Apodacus_CNG, _106, _13_Sept._2017, _535.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Demetrius_I_Tyche.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, 106, 13 Sept. 2017, 535
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Nisa Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male head right, wearing diadem. Bead-and-reel border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΔΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Heracles seated left on rock covered by Nemean lion skin, holding club on knee. In outer left, monogram. in exergue, ZΣ (year 207).

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:

Apodacus of Characene (124-103 BCE), Characene kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 106 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 105 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: 15.9415.94 g <br />15,940 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).: 3333 mm <br />3.3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Alram 19861Alram 1986, n° 496.1
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/characene.apodacus characene.bmc characene.pl.54.2

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Demetrios I to right, all within wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (Greek) Tyche seated left on throne with tritoness support, holding scepter in left hand and cornucopia in right

Mint and issuing power

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

Antioch

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Syria

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

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. 162 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 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:	HGC 92HGC 9, n° 795f, SC II3SC II, n° 1638.2d
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.1638

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an uncertain mint tetradrachm of Demetrios I (head right within wreath/Tyche seated left)"