SO 2029 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Antioch
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32 - 31 | BAΣIΛEΩΣ/BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ
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Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, R 1288 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bust left, wearing torque ending in sea-horse or griffin, diadem and drapery. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ/BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ Phraate IV in Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and scepter. In exergue, ΠC (year 280). |
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: | Phraates IV (king of the Parthian Empire, 37-2 BC), Arsaces I (king of Parthia, founder of the Arsacid dynasty, 247-217 BC) - pretended authority |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 32 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 31 | 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: 13.8413.84 g <br />13,840 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. |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | G. Le Rider, "Monnaies acquises par le Cabinet des Médailles en 1959", Revue Numismatique 6/2 (1960), p. 32-33, n° 38, pl. 3 | 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 of Philippus (visible on obverse: frame of head) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | visible on reverse: monogram, legend, laurel wreath |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Antioch | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Philip I Epiphanes Philadelphus (Seleucid king, 94/3-76/5 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 47 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- ^ Ch. Fröhlich