27904 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV) (tetradrachm bust of the king/king and Tyche) over uncertaain type (Allotte de la Fuÿe 1904, 4)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 27904


25 BCE - 25 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ/BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ

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Overstriking coin
Phraates_IV_Allotte_4.jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Allote de la Fuÿe, n° 4

Overstriking coin

Description
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. Date: ZΠC
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, Phraates IV of Parthia (king of Parthia, 37-2 BCE)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 25 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 25 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.: Billon http://nomisma.org/id/billon DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sellwood 19801Sellwood 1980, n° 50.1, Shore 19932Shore 1993, n° 273, Callataÿ 1994c3Callataÿ 1994c, Fröhlich 20084Fröhlich 2008
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: nb: not a double strike

References

  1. ^  Sellwood, David (1980), An introduction to the coinage of Parthia, 2nd ed., London, Spink & Son, 322 p., 10 pl.
  2. ^  Shore, Fred B. (1993), Parthian coins & history : ten dragons against Rome, Classical Numismatic Group, p.188
  3. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1994), Les tétradrachmes d'Orodès II et de Phraate IV. Etude du rythme de leur production monétaire à la lumière d'une grande trouvaille, Studia Iranica 14, Paris, 96 p., 20 pl.
  4. ^  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