27794 - Charax Spasinou (Hyspaosines) (tetradrachm Hyspaosines/Heracles) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 563, June 2024, 333)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 27794

122 BCE - 121 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, YΣΠAOΣINOY to left

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 563, 5 June 2024, 333

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, YΣΠAOΣINOY to left (Greek) Diademed head right / Herakles seated left on rock, holding club on knee, monogram to outer left, EΠP (date) in exergue

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 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:

Characene kingdom, Hyspaosines of Characene (127-124 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 122 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 121 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.6516.65 g <br />16,650 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3434 mm <br />3.4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Alram 19861Alram 1986, n° 491, Assar 20012Assar 2001

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an uncertain undertype"

References

^ Alram, Michael (1986), Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna.
^ Assar, Gholam Reza Fahrad (2001), "Recent Studies in Parthian History: Part III," The Celator, 15 (2), p. 17-22.