2164 - Alabanda (tetradrachm Apollo/Pegasus) over Antiochus III (Antiochus/Apollo) (CNG, MBS 67, Sept. 2004, 735)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2164


190 BCE - 185 BCE | ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Alabanda 1477.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Antiochus III Alabanda 1477 (overstruck).jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, 735 = Empire Coins, 7, 2 May 1987, 70
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : G. R. Drewry Collection ; Muharrem Kayhan Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΩΝ (Greek) Pegasus springing left. Below, monogram and ΘΕΟΚΛΗΣ (magistrate name).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Alabanda Ancient regionAncient region. Caria 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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 190 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 185 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.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.7516.75 g <br />16,750 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org 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).: 3434 mm <br />3.4 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Turkey 1: The Muharrem Kayhan Collection, Part 2, Istanbul, 2015, no. 1609 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Meadows 20081Meadows 2008
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY (Greek) Apollo, testing arrow and placing hand on grounded bow, seated left on omphalos
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. : 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. 222 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 187 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on a tetradrachm of Seleukid king Antiochos III"

References

  1. ^  Meadows, Andrew (2008), Alabanda in Caria: A Hellenistic City and Its Coinage, unpublished DPhil, Oxford, 501 p. and 50 pl.