3069 - Seleuceia Pieria (Berenice II) (dichalkon Berenice/eagle) over Antioch (Antiochus II) (Apollo/Apollo) (MacDonald)
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| BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛEMΑΙΟΥ
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Location/history
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Berenike right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛEMΑΙΟΥ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Ras Ibn Hani (Herakleia?) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Syria | Modern countryModern country: Syria | 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: | Berenice II Euergetis (Ptolemaic queen and co-regent, 267/266-221 BC) |
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
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4,47",47" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | J. N. Svoronos1J. N. Svoronos, Τα νομίσματα του κράτους των Πτολεμαίων, Athens, 1904–1908, no. 1056 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ (ANTIOXOY) Apollo seating on omphalos left, holding sparrow, an elbow resting on a kithara (visible: the most part of Apollo, cithara). |
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: | Antiochos II Theos (Seleucid king, 261-246 BC) |
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
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SC 5722SC 572 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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