28514 - Antioch (Antiochus II) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus aetophorus) over same type of Zeus aetophorus (CNG, EA 421, May 2018, 269)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 28514

261 BCE - 246 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch, 237, 7 March 2016, 1491 = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 421, 30 May 2018, 269
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the collection of José Miguel Márquez del Prado.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΣΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ (Greek) Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, monograms in left field and below throne

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Susa

Ancient regionAncient region.

Susiana

Modern countryModern country: Iran

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 II Theos (Seleucid king, 261-246 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 261 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 246 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.9516.95 g <br />16,950 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 28.528.5 mm <br />2.85 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SC I1SC I, n° 603.2, HGC 92HGC 9, n° 235
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.603

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. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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 ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck with remnants of undertype visible on the reverse" (nb: not a double strike but an overstrike over the same type of Zeus aetophorus)

References

^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.
^ 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.