SO 2045 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2672

BAΣIΛEYΣ BACILEΩN ONΩNHΣ | BLCILCWC BLCILCWN LPCLKOY CVCIGCTOY DIKLIO CPIFLNOVC FILHLLHHOC

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Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Allotte de la Fuÿe collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

BAΣIΛEYΣ BACILEΩN ONΩNHΣ Bust of king left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BLCILCWC BLCILCWN LPCLKOY CVCIGCTOY DIKLIO CPIFLNOVC FILHLLHHOC Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm, ΓΚΤ (year 323) before, Apellaus (month) in exergue.

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:

Vonones I (king of the Parthian Empire, c. 8-12 AD)

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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Allotte de la Fuÿe, "Monnaies arsacides surfrappées", Revue Numismatique 4/8 (1904), p. 174-196, n° 6

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Ch. Fröhlich1Ch. Fröhlich, Monnaies indo-scythes et indo-parthes du département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques. Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2008,

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head right (visible on obverse)

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:

Artabanus III (prince of the Parthian kingdom, c. 80 AD)

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:
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