27896 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV) (tetradrachm bust of the king/king and Tyche) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Tiridates I) (bust of the king/king and Tyche) (Leu Numismatik, EA 28, Dec. 2023, 1892)
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
Bust left, wearing torque, diadem and drapery. Border of dots.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
BAΣIΛEΩΣ/BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ (Greek) King enthroned right in front of Tyche holding palm and cornucopia, above to right, crescent, [[Reverse description::in exergue, H[ΠC] APTEMI.]]
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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:
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 24 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 24 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Sellwood 1980, n° 51.32, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Shore 1993, n° 272, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Fröhlich 2008
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
Bust left with medium tapered beard wearing diadem and three-band torque with no visible end, no wart, four formal rows of curls with no ear visible, circular border of dots
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
In exergue, Greek word ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ; seven-line Greek inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ / ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ / ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (Greek) King wearing diadem seated right on throne, to his right, Tyche stands left presenting palm branch in right hand, and holding scepter in left, vertically behind Tyche,
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.ᵖ:
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 26 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 26 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.ᵖ:
"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Sellwood 1980, n° 55
"This coin was overstruck on a tetradrachm of Tiridates, Shore 55.7-9, a type known to have been struck at Seleukeia from March to May, 27 BC, with the word AYTOKPATΩP perfecly legible in the exergue"
References
abSellwood, 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
periodTime period of the numismatic object.
