30384 - Charax Spasinou (Apodacus) (tetradrachm Apodacus/Heracles ΓΣ) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 34, July 2025, 1139)
From SILVER
110 BCE - 109 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΓΟΔΑΚΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu Numismatik, EA 34, 5 July 2025, 1139 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| Obverse: | Male head right, wearing diadem. Bead-and-reel border. | Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΓΟΔΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Heracles seated left on rock covered by Nemean lion skin, holding club on knee. In outer left, monogram. in exergue, ΓΣ (year 203). |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Charax Spasinou | Ancient region | Characene | Modern country: Irak | Authority: | Apodacus of Characene (124-103 BCE), Characene kingdom |
Chronology
| From 110 BCE to 109 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  period
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Physical description
| Metal: Silver
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Weight in grams: 16.2816.28 g <br />16,280 mg <br /> | Denomination: tetradrachm
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Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
| Diameter: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br /> | Standard: Attic | ||
References
| Coin reference: | Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Alram 1986, n° 495 | |
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Overstruck type
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Mint and issuing power
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Chronology
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Physical description
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidence: | |
| Remarks: | "with traces of overstriking" | ||
References
- ^ Alram, Michael (1986), Iranisches Personennamenbuch. Band IV: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Vienna.
