Susa

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 184

The mint at the ancient site of Susa in Susiana.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Susa (Eumenes of Cardia), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (319-317 BCE)		Silver	24,419 kg
Susa (Eumenes of Cardia), gold, staters (Athena/Nike) (319-317 BCE)		Gold	45,332 kg
Susa (Aspeisas), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (312-311 BCE)		Silver	400 kg
Susa (Seleucus I), silver, tetradrachms (wreath group) (Heracles/seated Zeus) (311-308 BCE)		Silver	2,726 kg
Susa (Seleucus I), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (311-305 BCE)		Silver	13,082 kg
Susa (Seleucus I), silver, tetradrachms (helmeted head/Nike & trophy) (301-295 BCE) Kritt		Silver	50,748 kg
Susa (Seleucus I), silver, tetradrachms (Seleucus/Nike & trophy) (301-295 BCE) Marest-Caffey		Silver	9,143 kg
Susa (Seleucus I), silver, drachms (helmeted head/Nike and trophy) (301-295 BCE)		Silver	2,956 kg
Susa (Seleucus I), silver, hemidrachms (helmeted head/Nike and trophy) (301-295 BCE)		Silver	588 kg
Susa (Seleucus I), silver, obols (helmeted head/Nike and trophy) (301-295 BCE)		Silver	342 kg
Susa (Seleucus I - imitations), silver, tetradrachms (helmeted head/Nike and trophy) (300-200 BCE)		Silver	669 kg
Susa (Seleucus I - imitations), silver, drachms (helmeted head/Nike and trophy) (300-200 BCE)		Silver	152 kg
Susa (Seleucus I - imitations), silver, hemidrachms (helmeted head/Nike and trophy) (300-200 BCE)		Silver	82 kg
Susa (Seleucus I - imitations), silver, obols (Seleucus I/Nike and trophy) (300-200 BCE)		Silver	11 kg
Susa (Seleucus I), silver, tetradrachms (Zeus/biga of elephants) (296-281 BCE)		Silver	6,013 kg
Susa (Seleucus I), silver, tetradrachms (Zeus/elephant) (288-287 BCE)		Silver	2,537 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
28514 - Susa (Antiochus II) (tetradrachm Heracles/Zeus aetophorus) over same type of Zeus aetophorus (CNG, EA 421, May 2018, 269)		Silver	261 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
2715 - Istakhr (Vadfradad I) (tetradrachm Vadfradat/temple fire) over Susa (Seleucus I) (Seleucus/Nike & trophy) (CNG, 90, May 2012, 788)		Silver	240 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	susa
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Susa in Susiana.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	912936
Ancient regionAncient region.	Susiana Nomisma: susiana
Modern countryModern country	Iran
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	32.189220° N, 48.257785° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Susa https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912936 http://sws.geonames.org/6687956/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x107650 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7017509

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Literature

• ESM
• Kritt 1997
• Le Rider 1965
• Marest-Caffey 2016
• Taylor 2019
• Taylor 2019b

Authors

• Brian Kritt
• Laure Marest-Caffey
• Lloyd W. H. Taylor

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