2635 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 67, Sept. 2004, 989)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2635

9 CE - 10 CEBAΣIΛEYΣ BACILEΩN ONΩNHΣ

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Superior Galleries, 6-7 Dec. 1996, 1573 = Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, 989
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	G. R. Drewry Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

BAΣIΛEYΣ BACILEΩN ONΩNHΣ (Greek) Bust of king left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm. Before, BK[T] (year 321). In exergue, month (blundered).

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:

Vonones I of Parthia (8-12 CE), Parthian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 9 CE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 10 CE

Roman from 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: 12.1612.16 g <br />12,160 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

D. Sellwood1D. Sellwood, An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, London, 1980, no. 60.2-3, Ch. Fröhlich2Ch. Fröhlich, Monnaies indo-scythes et indo-parthes du département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques. Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2008,

Overstruck type

Description

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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

Chronology

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periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

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Additional data

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