1912 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Demetrius I) (tetradrachm Demetrius & Laodice/Tyche) over Ecbatana (Timarchus) (Timarchus/Dioscuri) (CNG, MBS 64, Sept. 2003, 391)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1912

162 BCE - 150 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1178 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint.jpg

Overstruck variety

Timarchus Dioscuri.jpeg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group MBS 64 (24/09/2003), lot 391.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	A. Houghton 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, 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. 162 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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.216.2 g <br />16,200 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Houghton, n° 991	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Israel I1SNG Israel I, n° 1358 var. (monogram), SC II2SC II, n° 1686-1689
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.1686

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Timarchos right, wearing crested helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΛΟΥ ΤΙΜΑΡΧΟΥ (Greek) Dioscuri riding right, wearing spears and palms.

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:

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. ᵖ:

tetradrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Houghton 9903Houghton 990

Additional data

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