25497 - Charax Spasinou (Apodacus) (tetradrachm Apodacus/Heracles) over Antiochus VII (Antiochus/Athena) (Naville Numismatics, 81, May 2023, 241)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 25497

104 BCE - 103 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΔΑΚΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Apodacus_Naville_Numismatics,_81,_7_May_2023,_241.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Antiochus Evergetes O.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Naville Numismatics, 81, 7 May 2023, 241

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male head right, wearing diadem. Bead-and-reel border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΔΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Heracles seated left on rock covered by Nemean lion skin, holding club on knee in right hand and resting left hand on rock face. In outer left, monogram. in exergue, ΘΣ (year 209).

Mint and issuing power

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

Charax Spasinou

Ancient regionAncient region.

Characene

Modern countryModern country: Irak

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:

Apodacus of Characene (124-103 BCE), Characene kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 104 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 103 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 14.8414.84 g <br />14,840 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Alram 19861Alram 1986, n° 495
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/characene.apodacus characene.bmc characene.pl.54.2

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Antiochus r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ∕ ANTIOXOY/ EYEPΓETOY (Greek) Athena standing l. holding Nike and resting l. arm on shield, and holding spear with left, monograms in outer l. field

Mint and issuing power

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

Antioch

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Syria

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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

Antiochus VII Euergetes (Seleucid king, 138-129 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 138 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 129 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	SC II2SC II, n° 2061.2
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2061

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Traces of overstriking" (nb: part of the legend and the laurel wreath is still visible on the reverse)