1746 - Antioch (Antiochus IV) (AE Antiochus/Apollo) over uncertain type (Kölner Münzhandlung, 102, Dec. 2014, 113)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1746

173 BCE - 169 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ

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Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Kölner Münzhandlung 102 (05/12/2014), lot 113.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Antiochos right, wearing radiate crown and diadem. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ (Greek) Apollo standing right, nude, holding bow and drawing arrow from quiver on back.

Mint and issuing power

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

Antioch

Ancient regionAncient region.

Syria (Seleucis and Pieria)

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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 IV Epiphanes (Seleucid king, 175-164 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 173 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 169 BCE

hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.644.64 g <br />4,640 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 16.916.9 mm <br />1.69 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Spaer1SNG Spaer, n° 998–999, SC II2SC II, n° 1410.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.1410

Overstruck type

Description

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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

Chronology

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periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

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Additional data

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