25599 - Charax Spasinou (Hyspaosines) (tetradrachm Hyspaosines/Heracles) over uncertain type (CNG, 114, May 2020, 461)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 25599

126 BCE - 125 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, YΣΠAOΣINOY to left

Images

Overstriking coin

Hyspaosines_Classical_Numismatic_Group, _114, _13_May_2020, _461.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, 114, 13 May 2020, 461 = Gorny & Mosch, 273, 19 Nov. 2020, 264

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, YΣΠAOΣINOY to left (Greek) Herakles seated left on rock, holding club on knee, monogram to outer left, ZΠP (date) in exergue

Mint and issuing power

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

Charax Spasinou

Ancient regionAncient region.

Characene

Modern countryModern country: Irak

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:

Characene kingdom, Hyspaosines of Characene (127-124 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 126 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 125 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: 16.3016.3 g <br />16,300 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	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).: 3131 mm <br />3.1 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Alram 19861Alram 1986, n° 491, Assar 20012Assar 2001, fig. 15

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:	"Overstruck on an uncertain undertype"