25480 - Charax Spasinou (Apodacus) (tetradrachm Apodacus/Heracles) over Antiochus VII (Antiochus/Athena) (Leu Numismatik, EA 26, July 2023, 1745)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 25480

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 26, 8 July 2023, 1745
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	"From a European collection, formed before 2005"

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RemarksRemarks:	"This coin was overstruck on a tetradrachm of the former overlords of Charakene, the Seleukids, as one can faintly read [...]TIOXOY across Herakles' head on the reverse. Which of the Seleukid kings named Antiochos the coin belonged to is difficult to say, but the most likely candicate is Antiochos IV, since the lines across Herakles' body likely derive from a seated Zeus figure, and the traces of the undertype on the obverse resemble his large portrait with curly hair. Another possibility would be Antiochos VIII, who was a near contemporary of Apodakos, but his coinage saw far less circulation in the East due to the collapse of Seleukid imperial control in the 140s and 130s BC, and his portrait is usually much smaller than that of Antiochos IV." (nb: Antiochus VII is a better candidate)