1716 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Demetrius I) (tetradrachm Demetrius & Laodice/Tyche) over uncertain type (Jameson coll., 1706)

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161 BCE - 150 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1181 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint.png [1]
Location/history
Private collection(s) ᵖ: Jameson collection, n° 1706

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Jugate heads of Demetrios diademed and Ladike draped and wearing stephane right. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ (Greek) Tyche seated left, throne supported by winged tritoness, holding scepter and cornucopia. In outside left field, palm and monogram. Border of dots.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Seleuceia ad Tigrim Ancient region Mesopotamia Modern country: Iraq Authority: Demetrius I Soter (Seleucid king, 162-150 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)
Chronology
From 161 BCE to 150 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 16.1716.17 g <br />16,170 mg <br /> Denomination: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
Standard: Attic
References
Coin reference: Le Rider 1965, p. 142, Collection R. Jameson, pl. LXXXVI, n° 1706. Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Le Rider 1965, p. 142, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2CSE, n° 991, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3SC II, n° 1689, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 9, n° 799
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Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Reverse:
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Ancient region ᵖ Modern country: Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From to period
Physical description
References
Coin type reference ᵖ:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidence:
Remarks: "tréflé au droit, et peut-être surfrappé"

References

  1. ^  Le Rider, Georges (1965), Suse sous les Séleucides et les Parthes. Les trouvailles monétaires et l'histoire de la ville, Paris, Paul Geuthner, 491 p., 74 pl.
  2. ^  Houghton, Arthur (1983), Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the collection of Arthur Houghton, Ancient Coins in North American Collections 4, New York, xiv, 122 p., 2 fold. charts, 77 pls.
  3. ^  Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine C. - Hoover, Oliver D. (2008), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 2, Seleucus IV through Antiochus XIII, 2 v., New York - Lancaster - London, (xxx), 120 p. of plates : ill., maps, tables
  4. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2009), Handbook of ancient Syrian coins : royal and civic issues, fourth to first centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage 9, Lancaster, lxix, 332 p.