3275 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Seleucus I) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 58, Sept. 2001, 691)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3275

300 - 295 | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group MBS 58 (19/09/2001), no. 691.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike stephanophoros and scepter. Under the throne, Σ. In field, NO. 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:

Seleucus I Nicator (satrap in 321-305 BC and Seleucid king in 305-281 BC), Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) - pretended authority (types)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 295

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: 17,19",19" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

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. 122 var. (drachm).

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Traces of the undertype before Herakles' mouth and an anchor visible by the lion's eye

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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:

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

References

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Additional data

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