2702 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vardanes I) (tetradrachm Vardanes/seated Vardanes and Tyche) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 386, Nov. 2016, 400)

44 CE - 45 CE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Vardanes_CNG, _EA_386, _9_Nov._2016, _lot_400.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 386, 9 Nov. 2016, 400
Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	W. H. Guertin Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Bust of king left.

Reverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (Greek) Vardanes seated right, receiving palm from Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia, year (356) above, month (?) in exergue

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Seleuceia ad Tigrim

Ancient region

Mesopotamia

Modern country: Iraq

Authority:

Parthian Empire, Vardanes I of Parthia

Chronology

From 44 CE to 45 CE

Roman ^{from 30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Silver	Weight in grams: 14.1314.13 g <br />14,130 mg <br />	Denomination: tetradrachm	Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br />

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.]]1Sellwood 1980, n° 64.28-30, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Shore 1993, n° 352, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Fröhlich 2008
Coin series web reference:	https://www.parthia.com/vardanes1.htm

Overstruck type

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Mint and issuing power

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Chronology

From to

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Physical description

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidence:
Remarks:	"Overstruck on an uncertain undertype"

References

^ Sellwood, David (1980), An introduction to the coinage of Parthia, 2nd ed., London, Spink & Son, 322 p., 10 pl.
^ Shore, Fred B. (1993), Parthian coins & history : ten dragons against Rome, Classical Numismatic Group, p.188
^ Fröhlich, Christine (2008), Monnaies indo-scythes et indo-parthes du Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques : catalogue raisonné, Bibliothèque nationale de France, p.158, pl.29