2580 - Charax Spasinou (Apodacus) (tetradrachm Apodacus/Heracles) over uncertain type (CNG, 108, May 2018, 408)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2580

106 - 105 | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΔΑΚΟΥ

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group 108 (16/05/2018), no. 408

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 Heracles seated left on rock covered by Nemean lion skin, holding club on knee. In outer left, monogram. in exergue, ZΣ (year 207).

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:

Apodakos (king of Characene, c. 110-103 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 106 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 105

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: 15.8115.81 g <br />15,810 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.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

M. Alram1M. Alram , Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna, 1986, no. 495 var. (year 203)

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the 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:

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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