25578 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (unknown Parthian king) (tetradrachm Arsaces/enthroned archer) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 289, Oct. 2022, 577)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 25758

78 BCE - 61 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch, 289, 10 Oct. 2022, 577
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Gert Cleff, Wuppertal collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed bust of Arsaces XVI left, wearing short beard and spiral torque, dotted border

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (Greek) Archer (Arsaces I) enthroned right, wearing cidaris, bow in outstretched right hand

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:

Parthian Empire, Unknown Parthian king, ca 80-70 BCE

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 78 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 61 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.1315.13 g <br />15,130 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=10021724	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sellwood 19801Sellwood 1980, n° 30, Nelson 20112Nelson 2011, n° 316
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://parthia.com/unknown2.htm#Type 30

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Rs. Überprägungsspuren, vz"

References

^ Sellwood, David (1980), An introduction to the coinage of Parthia, 2nd ed., London, Spink & Son, 322 p., 10 pl.
^ Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster