28486 - Antioch (Tryphon) (tetradrachm Tryphon/helmet with ibex horn) over uncertain type (Heritage, CSNS Signature Sale 3073, Apr. 2019, 32129)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 28486


142 BCE - 138 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ / TΡΥΦΩNOΣ / AΥTOKΡATOΡOΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
Tryphon Heritage, CSNS Signature Sale 3073, 25 Apr. 2019, 32129.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Heritage, CSNS Signature Sale 3073, 25 Apr. 2019, 32129

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head of Tryphon right, diadem ends falling straight behind, dotted border ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ / TΡΥΦΩNOΣ / AΥTOKΡATOΡOΣ (Greek) Macedonian helmet with cheek-pieces left, adorned with spike and ibex horn, PΠ monogram in left field
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Antioch Ancient regionAncient region. Syria 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), Tryphon (142-138 BCE)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 142 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 138 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.: Silver Nomisma.org DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HGC 91HGC 9, n° 1060, SC II2SC II, n° 2033d
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: "overstruck"

References

  1. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2009), Handbook of ancient Syrian coins : royal and civic issues, fourth to first centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage 9, Lancaster, lxix, 332 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