3514 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV) (tetradrachm Phraates IV/Zeus nicephorus) over Antioch (Philip Philadelphus) (Diademed head/zeus nicephorus) (Paris, BN - Le Rider 1960, 38)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3514


32 BCE - 31 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ/BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ

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Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Aulus_Gabinius.jpg [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, R 1288

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 (Greek) Phraate IV in Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and scepter. In exergue, ΠC (year 280).
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: Phraates IV of Parthia (king of Parthia, 37-2 BCE)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 32 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 31 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 WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 13.8413.84 g <br />13,840 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Le Rider 1960, n° 38, pl. 3 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Le Rider 19601Le Rider 1960, n° 38, pl. 3, Sellwood 19802Sellwood 1980, n° 54, Fröhlich 20083Fröhlich 2008
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Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head r., around, stemma ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣIlEΩΣ / ΦIΛIΠΠOY - EΠIΦANOYΣ / ΦIΛAΔEΛΦOY (Greek) Zeus, wearing himation, nude to waist, seated l. on throne with high back-rest, holding long sceptre with his l. hand, on his outstretched r. hand, Nike presenting him laurel wreath, low in centre field l., monogram of Gabinius, below seat, another monogram, all within laurel wreath
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Aulus Gabinius, Philip I Epiphanes Philadelphus (Seleucid king, 94/3-76/5 BC), Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 47 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 21 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 StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SC II4SC II, n° 622, 2489.1, RPC I5RPC I, n° 612, 4124
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. ^  Le Rider, Georges (1960), "Monnaies grecques acquises par le Cabinet des Médailles en 1959", Revue Numismatique 6 (3), p. 7-35, pl. 1-3.
  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. ^  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
  5. ^  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.