95 BCE - 89 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ/TIPAIOY to right, EYEPΓETOY to left
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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CNG, MBS 72, 14 June 2006, 1008
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Diademed head right within bead-and-reel border
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣIΛEΩΣ/TIPAIOY to right, EYEPΓETOY to left (Greek) Tyche, wearing mural crown, seated left, holding in outstretched right hand Nike, standing right and holding wreath, and cradling cornucopia in left arm
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 95 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 89 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.1216.12 g <br />16,120 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Diademed head right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛE-ΞANΔPOV (Greek) Zeus Nikephoros enthroned to left, holding sceptre, monogram in outer left field
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 128 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 123 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and spread
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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strong
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Overstruck on a tetradrachm of Seleukid king Alexander II with Zeus seated left reverse type (cf. SNG Spaer 2275-2282)"
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References
- ^ Alram, Michael (1986), Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
