2825 - Seleuceia Pieria (Antiochos IV) (AE male head/thunderbolt) over uncertain type (Brussels, KBR, Marc Bar coll. n° 1048)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 2825

168 BCE - 164 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

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Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Museum collection:	Bruxelles, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Marc Bar 1048.
Private collection(s) ᵖ:	M. Bar collection, n° 1048.

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Male head right, wearing radiate crown.

Reverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Greek) Thunderbolt within laurel wreath.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Seleuceia Pieria

Ancient region

Syria (Seleucis and Pieria)

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Seleucid king, 175-164 BC)

Chronology

From 168 BCE to 164 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 13.6713.67 g <br />13,670 mg <br />	Denomination: tetradrachm	Axis: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br />

References

Coin reference:	Bibliothèque royale de Belgique (ed.), Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Belgique : La collection de bronzes grecs de Marc Bar, 2007, 1048	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1SNG Brussels Marc Bar, n° 1048, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SC II, n° 1425
Coin series web reference:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.1425

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