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)
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.:
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:
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 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.ᵖ:
^Allotte de la Fuÿe, François-Maurice (1904), "Monnaies arsacides surfrappées", Revue Numismatique 4 (8), p. 174-196.
^Sellwood, David (1980), An introduction to the coinage of Parthia, 2nd ed., London, Spink & Son, 322 p., 10 pl.
^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
^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.
^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.
periodTime period of the numismatic object.
