SO 2045 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2672

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

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

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Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Allotte de la Fuÿe collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

BAΣIΛEYΣ BACILEΩN ONΩNHΣ (Greek) Bust of king left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (Greek) Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm, ΓΚΤ (year 323) before, Apellaus (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		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Fuÿe 1904, p.174-196, n° 6

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Sellwood 19801Sellwood 1980, n°60.1-4, Shore 19932Shore 1993, n°328, Nelson 20113Nelson 2011, n°406

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

bust l. wearing diadem

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΑΡΤΑΒΑΝΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (Greek) king seated left on throne, Tyche standing before him

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:

Artabanus III of Parthia (prince of Parthia, c.79-81 CE), Parthian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 79 CE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 81 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°61, Shore 19932Shore 1993, n°330

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks:	undertype uncertain

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
^ Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster