2606 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Orodes II) (tetradrachm Orodes/seated Orodes & Tyche) over uncertain type (Triton, XIII, Jan. 2010, 635)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2606

57 BCE - 37 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ/BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Triton XIII, 05 Jan. 2010, 635; Stack's Bowers Galleries, 154, June 2010, 8078

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) Orodes enthroned right, raising up kneeling Tyche, who raises right hand and cradles scepter in left arm. Above, ΠO monogram.

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:

Orodes II (king of Parthia, 57-37 BCE), Parthian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 57 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 37 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: 15.2315.23 g <br />15,230 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 />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=805583	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sellwood 19801Sellwood 1980, n° 45.3, Shore 19932Shore 1993, n° 209, Nelson 20113Nelson 2011, n° 381
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://parthia.com/orodes2.htm

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:

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:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on uncertain undertype"

References

^ Sellwood, David (1980), An introduction to the coinage of Parthia, 2nd ed., London, Spink & Son, 322 p., 10 pl.
^ Shore, Fred B. (1993), Parthian coins & history : ten dragons against Rome, Classical Numismatic Group, p.188
^ Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster