2718 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (interregnal Parthian king) (tetradrachm long bearded head/Tyche) over Charax Spasinou (Hyspaosines) (Hyspaosines/Heracles) (Triton, IV, Dec. 2000, 326)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2718


127 BCE - 126 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ΑPΣΑΚΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
Gemini_150.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Ref_hysaposines.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Triton, IV, 5 Dec. 2000, 326 = Gemini, II, 11 Jan. 2006, 150

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head of king right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ΑPΣΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Tyche seated left on backless throne with winged tritoness support, extended right hand holding Nike who crowns her, left hand cradling cornucopia.
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
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 127 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 126 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.3915.39 g <br />15,390 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Assar 2001, p. 18, fig. 1 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sellwood 19801Sellwood 1980, n° 18.1, Assar 20012Assar 2001, p. 18, fig. 1
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head of Hyspaosines to right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΥΣΠΑΟΣΙΝΟΥ (Greek) Herakles seated left, holding club set on his knee with his right hand and leaning left on rock draped with lion skin
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Hyspaosines of Characene (127-124 BCE), Characene kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 129 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 128 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 : BMC Arabia3BMC Arabia, pl. 54, n° 1 var., Assar 20012Assar 2001, fig. 5, Nelson 20114Nelson 2011, n°464
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on a tetradrachm of Hyspaosines, the first king of Characene"

References

  1. ^  Sellwood, David (1980), An introduction to the coinage of Parthia, 2nd ed., London, Spink & Son, 322 p., 10 pl.
  2. a b  Assar, Gholam Reza Fahrad (2001), "Recent Studies in Parthian History: Part III," The Celator, 15 (2), p. 17-22.
  3. ^  Hill, George Francis (1922), Catalogue of the Greek coins of Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia (Nabataea, Arabia Provincia, S. Arabia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia, Alexandrine empire of the East, Persis, Elymais, Characene), London, p.ccxix, p.359, pl.55
  4. ^  Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster