1925 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Demetrius I) (tetradrachm Demetrius & Laodice/Tyche) over Ecbatana (Timarchus) (Timarchus/Dioscuri) (Vienna, KHM)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1925

161 BCE - 150 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Demetrios I right, wearing diadem.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ (Greek) Tyche seated left, holding cornucopia.

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.:	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
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Le Rider 1965, p. 142, pl. XXVII, D.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SC II1SC II, n° 1609
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.1609

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

[ME]ΓAΛ[OY] – TIMAPX[ΟΥ] (Greek)

Mint and issuing power

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

Seleuceia ad Tigrim

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Mesopotamia

Modern countryModern country: Iraq

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:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	Ce tétradrachme a été surfrappé sur un exemplaire de Timarque : on voit encore au revers l’arrière de la tête casquée, au droit les jambes avant et arrière des chevaux et un partie de la légende [ME]ΓAΛ[OY] – TIMAPX[ΟΥ]