2672 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm bust of the king/Nike) over Phraates IV (bust of the king/king and Tyche) (Allote de la Fuÿe 1904, 6)

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11 CE - 12 CEBAΣIΛEYΣ BACILEΩN ONΩNHΣ | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Allotte de la Fuÿe collection, n° 6

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: BAΣIΛEYΣ BACILEΩN ONΩNHΣ (Greek) Bust of king left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (Greek) Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm, ΓΚΤ (year 323) before, Apellaus (month) in exergue.
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, Vonones I of Parthia (king of the Parthia, 8-12 AD)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 11 CE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 12 CE Roman from 30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Billon http://nomisma.org/id/billon DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Fuÿe 1904, n° 6 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Fuÿe 19041Fuÿe 1904, n° 6, Sellwood 19802Sellwood 1980, n° 60.1-4, Shore 19933Shore 1993, n° 328, Nelson 20114Nelson 2011, n° 406
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: bust l. wearing diadem ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΑΡΤΑΒΑΝΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (Greek) king seated left on throne, Tyche standing before him
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Parthian Empire, Phraates IV of Parthia (king of Parthia, 37-2 BCE)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 37 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 24 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
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Sellwood 19802Sellwood 1980, n° 50.1, Shore 19933Shore 1993, n° 330
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: weak
RemarksRemarks: undertype uncertain

References

  1. ^ Fuÿe 1904 
  2. a b  Sellwood, David (1980), An introduction to the coinage of Parthia, 2nd ed., London, Spink & Son, 322 p., 10 pl.
  3. a b  Shore, Fred B. (1993), Parthian coins & history : ten dragons against Rome, Classical Numismatic Group, p.188
  4. ^  Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster