1921 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Demetrius I) (tetradrachm Demetrius & Laodice/Tyche) over Ecbatana (Timarchus) (Timarchus/Dioscuri) (New York, ANS, 1967.130.1)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 1921

161 BCE - 150 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collection:	New York, American Numismatic Society, 1967.130.1

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, H and palm. 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}

period

Physical description

Metal: Silver	Weight in grams: 16.4416.44 g <br />16,440 mg <br />	Denomination: tetradrachm	Axis: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
Diameter: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br />		Standard: Attic

References

Coin reference:		Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1SC II, n° 1689.1
Coin series web reference:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.1689

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Diademed and draped bust of Timarchos to right, wearing triple-crested Boeotian helmet.

Reverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΛΟΥ ΤΙΜΑΡΧΟΥ (Greek) The Dioskouri galloping to right, each holding spear in his right hand

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Ecbatana

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Media

Modern country: Iran

Authority ^ᵖ:

Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Timarchus (satrap of Media in c. 175-163 BC and Seleucid usurper in 162-161 BC)

Chronology

From 164 BCE to 161 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

Standard ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2CSE, n° 990, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1SC II, n° 1589, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 9, 761
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.1589

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:

References

a b 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
^ 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.
^ 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.