2647 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, EA 372, Apr. 2016, 198)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2647

8 CE - 12 CEBAΣIΛEYΣ BACILEΩN ONΩNHΣ | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

CNG_198.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Ref Phraatakes Musa2.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 372, 6 April 2016, 198

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

BAΣIΛEYΣ BACILEΩN ONΩNHΣ (Greek) Diademed bust of the king left, ear-ring, spiral torque

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (Greek) Nike advancing left, holding diadem and palm frond, date to left of diadem ties, 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:

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 8 CE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 12 CE

Roman ^{from 30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Billon http://nomisma.org/id/billon	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.0212.02 g <br />12,020 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).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3339757	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sellwood 19801Sellwood 1980, n° 60.1-4, Shore 19932Shore 1993, n°n328, Nelson 20113Nelson 2011, n° 406
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://www.parthia.com/vonones1.htm

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ (Greek) Bust left with pointed beard wearing diadem and three-band spiral torque with no visible end, ear visible, hair above diadem as ringlets, wart visible on forehead, in front, Nike flying right with diadem

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΘEAΣ OYPANIAΣ MOYΣHΣ BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ (Greek) Draped bust of Musa to left, wearing elaborate crown and necklace with medallion, to left, monogram

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:

Musa of Parthia (queen of Parthia, 2 BCE-4 CE), Parthian Empire, Phraataces of Parthia (king of Parthia, 2 BCE-2 CE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 2 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 2 CE

Roman ^{from 30 BC}

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:	Sellwood 19801Sellwood 1980, n° 58.1-5, Shore 19932Shore 1993, n° 324, Nelson 20113Nelson 2011, n° 404
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://www.parthia.com/phraataces.htm

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a tetradrachm of Phraatakes and Musa"

References

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