127 BCE - 126 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ΑPΣΑΚΟΥ
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Triton, IV, 5 Dec. 2000, 326 = Gemini, II, 11 Jan. 2006, 150
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Diademed head of king right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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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.
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Seleuceia ad Tigrim
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Mesopotamia
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Modern countryModern country: Iraq
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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:
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Parthian Empire
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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
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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: 15.3915.39 g <br />15,390 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Diademed head of Hyspaosines to right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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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
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Mint and issuing power
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
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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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References
References
- ^ Sellwood, David (1980), An introduction to the coinage of Parthia, 2nd ed., London, Spink & Son, 322 p., 10 pl.
- a b Assar, Gholam Reza Fahrad (2001), "Recent Studies in Parthian History: Part III," The Celator, 15 (2), p. 17-22.
- ^ 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
- ^ Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster