3110 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV) (tetradrachm bust of the king/Seated king and Tyche) over Antony and Cleopatra (Cleopatra/Antony) (Allote de la Fuÿe 1904, 3)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3110


33 BCE - 32 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ/BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ YΠΕΡ

Images
Overstriking coin
Phraates_IV_Allotte_3.jpg
Overstruck variety
Cleopatra_and_Antony.jpg [1]
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Allotte de la Fuÿe collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Bust left, wearing torque ending in sea-horse or griffin, diadem and drapery. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ/BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ YΠΕΡ (Greek) King enthroned right in front of Tyche holding palm and cornucopia. Under the throne, ΘΠC (year 279)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Seleuceia ad Tigrim Ancient regionAncient region. Mesopotamia Modern countryModern country: Iraq 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: Parthian Empire, Phraates IV of Parthia (king of Parthia, 37-2 BCE)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 33 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 32 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.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Allotte de la Fuÿe 1904, n° 3 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Allotte de la Fuÿe 19041Allotte de la Fuÿe 1904, n° 3, Sellwood 19802Sellwood 1980, n° 52.1, Fröhlich 20083Fröhlich 2008
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑ ΘΕΑ ΝΕΩΤΕΡΑ (Greek) Head of Cleopatra (visible on reverse: legend, head) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΤΡΙΤΟΝ ΤΡΙΩΝ ΑΝΔΡΩΝ (Greek) Head of Marcus Antonius (visible on obverse: legend, head, border of dots)
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. : Cleopatra VII Philopator (Ptolemaic queen, 51-30 BC), Marcus Antonius (Roman politician and general, member of the Second Triumvirate, 83-30 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 36 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 34 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : RPC I4RPC I, 4094, HGC 95HGC 9, n° 1361
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Allotte de la Fuÿe, François-Maurice (1904), "Monnaies arsacides surfrappées", Revue Numismatique 4 (8), p. 174-196.
  2. ^  Sellwood, David (1980), An introduction to the coinage of Parthia, 2nd ed., London, Spink & Son, 322 p., 10 pl.
  3. ^  Fröhlich, Christine (2008), Monnaies indo-scythes et indo-parthes du Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques : catalogue raisonné, Bibliothèque nationale de France, p.158, pl.29
  4. ^  Amandry, Michel - Burnett, Andrew - Ripolles, Pere Pau (1998), Roman provincial coinage. I. From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AC 69), London-Paris, 2 vol., xvii + 812 p., 195 pl.
  5. ^  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.