27234 - Ecbatana (Demetrius I) (tetradrachm Demetrius/Apollo) over Ecbatana (Timarchus) (Timarchus/Dioscuri) (Heritage World Coin Auctions, 61436, 11 Nov. 2024, 21078)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 27234

162 BCE - 150 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΔEMETRIOY / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Heritage World Coin Auctions, SA 61436, 11 Nov. 2024, 21078. From the Tamco Collection. Ex Tamco Numismatics, private sale with old dealer's tag included.

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Diademed head of Demetrius right, diadem ties coiled at back, bead-and-reel border

Reverse:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΔEMETRIOY / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ (Greek) Apollo seated left on omphalus, testing arrow in right hand, left hand on grounded bow to right

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Ecbatana

Ancient region

Media

Modern country: Iran

Authority:

Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Demetrius I Soter (Seleucid king, 162-150 BC)

Chronology

From 162 BCE to 150 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Silver	Weight in grams: 16.4816.48 g <br />16,480 mg <br />	Denomination: tetradrachm	Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 3131 mm <br />3.1 cm <br />		Standard: Attic

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.]]1SC II, n° 1730.4 var. (portrait type), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 9, n° 791
Coin series web reference:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.1730.4

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Diademed and draped bust of Timarchos to right, wearing triple-crested Boeotian helmet.

Reverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΛΟΥ ΤΙΜΑΡΧΟΥ (Greek) The Dioskouri galloping to right, each holding spear in his right hand

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Ecbatana

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Media

Modern country: Iran

Authority ^ᵖ:

Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Timarchus (satrap of Media in c. 175-163 BC and Seleucid usurper in 162-161 BC)

Chronology

From 164 BCE to 161 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

Standard ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3CSE, n° 990, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1SC II, n° 1589, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 9, n° 761
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.1589

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:	"overstruck"

References

a b 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
a b 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.
^ Houghton, Arthur (1983), Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the collection of Arthur Houghton, Ancient Coins in North American Collections 4, New York, xiv, 122 p., 2 fold. charts, 77 pls.