SO 2037 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2625

9 - 10BAΣIΛEYΣ BACILEΩN ONΩNHΣ | BLCILCWC BLCILCWN LPCLKOY CVCIGCTOY DIKLIO CPIFLNOVC FILHLLHHOC

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Triton 7 (12/01/2004), no. 473

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

BAΣIΛEYΣ BACILEΩN ONΩNHΣ Bust of king left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BLCILCWC BLCILCWN LPCLKOY CVCIGCTOY DIKLIO CPIFLNOVC FILHLLHHOC Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm, BKT (year) before, GORP[IAIOV] (month) in exergue.

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 (king of the Parthian Empire, c. 8-12 AD)

Chronology

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

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: 12.2612.26 g <br />12,260 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, Ch. Fröhlich2Ch. 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.:

visible on obverse: OYCHC BA

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

visible on reverse: top of Phraatakes’ head

Mint and issuing power

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

Seleuceia ad Tigrim

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Mesopotamia

Modern countryModern country: Iraq

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

Phraates IV (king of the Parthian Empire, 2BC-2AD), Musa/Thermusa (queen of the Parthian Empire, 2BC-2AD)

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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

tetradrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Sellwood type 583Sellwood type 58

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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