1764 - Sardis (Antiochus III) (AE Apollo/tripod) over Seleucid type (Antiochus/Apollo seated on omphalos) (ebay Forum ancientcoins, GB62949)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1764


215 BCE - 213 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1168 - Sardis? over uncertain mint.jpg
Overstruck variety
Antiochos_Apollo_arrow_(under_Antiochus_Sardes).jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Ebay Forum Ancientcoins, n° GB62949

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ (Greek) Tripod.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Sardis Ancient regionAncient region. Lydia Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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: Antiochus III the Great (Seleucid king, 222-187 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 215 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 213 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.2812.28 g <br />12,280 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 26.426.4 mm <br />2.64 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: WSM1WSM, n° 1187, HGC 92HGC 9, 468 (R2), SC I3SC I, n° 971.1
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY (Greek) Apollo standing left, nude, holding arrow and resting on grounded bow.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 262 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 213 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "undertype is also laureate head of Apollo right; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, tripod lebes, no control symbols, undertype obscure but likely Apollo standing left, examining arrow in right, resting left on grounded bow behind"

References

  1. ^  Newell, Edward T. (1941), The coinage of the western Seleucid mints from Seleucus I to Antiochus III, Numismatic Studies 4, New York, 450 p., LXIV pl.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.