SO 2025 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2778

124 BCE - 91 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

CNG_402.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Numismatica Ars Classica, 84, 20 May 2015, 1586 = Classical Numismatic Group, 108, 16 May 2018, 402

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of the king left, wearing diadem. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ (Greek) Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow, to outer right, palm. In exergue, TV.

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:

Mithradates II of Parthia (king of Parthia, 124-91 BCE), Parthian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 124 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 91 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: 15.9915.99 g <br />15,990 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4971241

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Sellwood 19801Sellwood 1980, n°24.4, Nelson 20112Nelson 2011, n°284

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:

Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC)

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:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an uncertain Seleukid tetradrachm"

References

^ Sellwood, David (1980), An introduction to the coinage of Parthia, 2nd ed., London, Spink & Son, 322 p., 10 pl.
^ Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster