25503 - Charax Spasinou (Apodacus) (tetradrachm Apodacus/Heracles ΘΣ) over uncertain Seleucid type (Leu Numismatik, 4, May 2019, 401)

104 BCE - 103 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΔΑΚΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Leu Numismatik, 4, 25 May 2019, 401 = CNG, EA 503, 3 Nov. 2021, 283

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Male head right, wearing diadem. Bead-and-reel border.

Reverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΔΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Heracles seated left on rock covered by Nemean lion skin, holding club on knee in right hand and resting left hand on rock face. In outer left, monogram. in exergue, ΘΣ (year 209).

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Charax Spasinou

Ancient region

Characene

Modern country: Irak

Authority:

Apodacus of Characene (124-103 BCE), Characene kingdom

Chronology

From 104 BCE to 103 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Silver	Weight in grams: 15.8415.84 g <br />15,840 mg <br />	Denomination: tetradrachm	Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 3434 mm <br />3.4 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.]]1Alram 1986, n° 495, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Nelson 2011, var.
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/characene.apodacus characene.bmc characene.pl.54.2

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:
Remarks:	"Overstruck on a Seleukid tetradrachm" (nb: laurel wreath and letters EΩΣ still visible on the reverse but then likely not to be the Athena type of Antiochus VII)

References

^ Alram, Michael (1986), Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna.
^ Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster