SO 2040 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3606

10 - 11BAΣIΛEYΣ BACILEΩN ONΩNHΣ | BLCILCWC BLCILCWN LPCLKOY CVCIGCTOY DIKLIO CPIFLNOVC FILHLLHHOC

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group EA 391 (15/02/2017), no. 335

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

BAΣIΛEYΣ BACILEΩN ONΩNHΣ Bust of king left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BLCILCWC BLCILCWN LPCLKOY CVCIGCTOY DIKLIO CPIFLNOVC FILHLLHHOC Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm, (year 322) before, Gorpiaios (month) in exergue.

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:

Vonones I (king of the Parthian Empire, c. 8-12 AD)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 10 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 11

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.6912.69 g <br />12,690 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.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

D. Sellwood1D. Sellwood, An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, London, 1980, no. 60.2, Ch. Fröhlich2Ch. Fröhlich, Monnaies indo-scythes et indo-parthes du département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques. Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2008,

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:

Seleuceia ad Tigrim

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Mesopotamia

Modern countryModern country: Iraq

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Phraates IV (king of the Parthian Empire, 2BC-2AD), Musa/Thermusa (queen of the Parthian Empire, 2BC-2AD)

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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

tetradrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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