SO 2023 - Hecatompylos over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2754

185 BCE - 132 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ΑPΣΑΚΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

CNG_105,_472.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Ref_eukratides.png [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, 105, 04 May, 2017, 472
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Nisa Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head left, wearing bashlyk, torque and cloak.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ΑPΣΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow

Mint and issuing power

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

Hecatompylos

Ancient regionAncient region.

Hyrcania

Modern countryModern country:

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:

Mithridates I (king of the Parthian Empire, 171-132 BC), Parthian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 185 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 132 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: 0.660.66 g <br />660 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: obol	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1414 mm <br />1.4 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Sellwoo 19801Sellwoo 1980, n°9.7 var. (Mithradates I, legend not retrograde)2legend not retrograde), B. R. Nelson3B. R. Nelson, Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster, 2011, no. 253 (same dies), Ch. Fröhlich4Ch. 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.:

Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ (Greek) Two pilei with stars, palms to right of each

Mint and issuing power

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

Bactria (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Bactria

Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan

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

Eucratides I of Bactria (Greco-Bactrian king, 171-145 BC), Bactrian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 171 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 139 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:

obol

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

[[3]]5https://numismatics.org/collection/1995.51.310?lang=fr

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an obol of Eukratides I of Baktria"