3429 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Demetrius I) (tetradrachm Demetrius & Laodice/Tyche) over Ecbatana (Timarchus) (Timarchus/Dioscuri) (London, BM)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3429

161 - 150 | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum (chercher BMC)

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 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)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 161 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150

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	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

G. K. Jenkins, "Notes on Seleucid coins", The Numismatic Chronicle 11/41 (1951), p. 3, pl. I, 6., BMC, 2.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

A. Houghton1A. Houghton, C. Lorber and O. Hoover, Seleucid Coins: A Comprehensive Catalogue, New York, 2002 and 2008, no. 1686-1689

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 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:

Additional data

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