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

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2825


168 BCE - 164 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Bruxelles, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Marc Bar 1048.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : M. Bar collection, n° 1048.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Male head right, wearing radiate crown. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Greek) Thunderbolt within laurel wreath.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Seleuceia Pieria Ancient regionAncient region. Syria (Seleucis and Pieria) Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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: Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Seleucid king, 175-164 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 168 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 164 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.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 13.6713.67 g <br />13,670 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Bibliothèque royale de Belgique (ed.), Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Belgique : La collection de bronzes grecs de Marc Bar, 2007, 1048 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG Brussels Marc Bar1SNG Brussels Marc Bar, n° 1048, SC II2SC II, n° 1425
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: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Bar, Marc (2007), Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Belgique : La collection de bronzes grecs de Marc Bar, Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, 276 p.
  2. ^  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