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2390 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Demetrius I) (tetradrachm Demetrius & Laodice/Tyche) over Ecbatana (Timarchus) (Timarchus/Dioscuri) (Berlin, MK, Löbbecke coll.): Difference between revisions

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|Image overstriking coin=SO 1173 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint.png
|Museum collection=Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen
|Museum collection=Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen
|Private collection=Löbbecke collection
|Private collection=Löbbecke collection
|Obverse description=Jugate heads of Demetrios diademed and Ladike draped and wearing stephane right.
|Obverse description=Jugate heads of Demetrios diademed and Ladike draped and wearing stephane right.
|Reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ
|Reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Tyche seated left, throne supported by winged tritoness, holding scepter and cornucopia. In outside left field, H and palm. Border of dots.
|Reverse description=Tyche seated left, throne supported by winged tritoness, holding scepter and cornucopia. In outside left field, H and palm. Border of dots.
|Mint=Seleuceia ad Tigrim
|Mint=Seleuceia ad Tigrim
|Ancient region=Mesopotamia
|Ancient region=Mesopotamia
|Authority=Demetrius I Soter (Seleucid king, 162-150 BC)
|Authority=Demetrius I Soter (Seleucid king, 162-150 BC); Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)
|Date from=161
|Date from=161 BCE
|Date to=150
|Date to=150 BCE
|Period=hellenistic
|Period=hellenistic
|Denomination=Tetradrachm
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Coin reference=G. Le Rider, Suse sous les Séleucides et les Parthes, Paris, 1965, p. 142, pl. XXVII, H  
|Coin reference=Le Rider 1965, p. 142, pl. XXVII, H
|Coin series reference=A. Houghton, C. Lorber and O. Hoover, Seleucid Coins: A Comprehensive Catalogue, New York, 2002 and 2008, no. 1689.1
|Coin series reference=SCC II, n° 1689.1
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.1689
|Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ME[ΓAΛOY]
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck authority=Timarchus (satrap of Media in c. 175-163 BC and Seleucid usurper in 162-161 BC)
|Overstruck authority=Timarchus (satrap of Media in c. 175-163 BC and Seleucid usurper in 162-161 BC)
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Remarks=Cet exemplaire est également surfrappé sur un tétradrachme de Timarque: on voit au droit le visage de ce dernier et une partie de la légende BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ME[ΓAΛOY]
}}
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Revision as of 15:20, 2 June 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2390


161 BCE - 150 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1173 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint.png
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Löbbecke collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Jugate heads of Demetrios diademed and Ladike draped and wearing stephane right. 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, H and palm. 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.: DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Le Rider 1965, p. 142, pl. XXVII, H Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SCC II1SCC II, n° 1689.1
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ME[ΓAΛOY] (Greek)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : 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. 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. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: Cet exemplaire est également surfrappé sur un tétradrachme de Timarque: on voit au droit le visage de ce dernier et une partie de la légende BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ME[ΓAΛOY]

References

  1. ^ SCC II