2390 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Demetrius I) (tetradrachm Demetrius & Laodice/Tyche) over Ecbatana (Timarchus) (Timarchus/Dioscuri) (Berlin, MK, Löbbecke coll.)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2390


161 BCE - 150 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1173 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint.png
Overstruck variety
Timarchus Dioscuri.jpeg [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Löbbecke coll.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Löbbecke collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Jugate heads of Demetrius diademed and Laodice draped and wearing stephane right. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the 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
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: Demetrius I Soter (Seleucid king, 162-150 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 161 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 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 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Le Rider 1965, p. 142, pl. XXVII, H Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Le Rider 19651Le Rider 1965, p. 142, pl. XXVII, H, CSE2CSE, n° 991, SC II3SC II, n° 1686-1689, HGC 94HGC 9, n° 799
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed and draped bust of Timarchos to right, wearing triple-crested Boeotian helmet. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΛΟΥ ΤΙΜΑΡΧΟΥ (Greek) The Dioscuri galloping to right, each holding spear in his right hand
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ecbatana Ancient regionAncient region.  Media Modern countryModern country: Iran AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Timarchus (satrap of Media in c. 175-163 BC and Seleucid usurper in 162-161 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 164 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 161 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 : CSE2CSE, n° 990, SC II3SC II, n° 1589, HGC 94HGC 9, n° 761
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Cet exemplaire est également surfrappé sur un tétradrachme de Timarque: on voit au droit le visage de ce dernier et une partie de la légende BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ME[ΓAΛOY]"

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. a b  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. 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
  4. a b  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.