16960 - Asia Minor (uncertain mint) (Antiochus Hierax) (tetradrachm Antiochus/Apollo) over Seleucus II (Seleucus/Apollo) (CNG, 97, Sept. 2014, 287)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16960

242 BCE - 227 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTI-OXOY

Images

Overstriking coin

2395 - Uncertain mint in Asia Minor (Antiochus Hierax?).png

Overstruck variety

SC I, n° 931.png [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	CNG, 97, 17 Sept. 2014, lot 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 Unpublished.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.:

Ancient regionAncient region.

asia minor

Modern countryModern country:

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: 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 />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	SC II1SC II, p. 666, n °C931
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.931

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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.