For 10 days in March 2008, a joint Iranian-Italian Archaeological Mission in Khuzistan was in the field conducting laser scanning of the Hung-e Azdhar Parthian...
August through October 2008 once again found the dedicated archaeology professionals of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Old Nisa in the field making new...
Dear Sami, I can see the lower part of a lambda after the omicron of TRIPO. The portrait looks a bearded one, however it could also be a simple effect of...
Dear Oliver, The apparent bearded portrait made me think of the coin as a Seleucid issue. Thank you very much. Sami <-----Original Message-----> From: Oliver...
Dear Omar, Thank you for your reply. No effect of Oxidation on the coin. However I received the following reply from JG, There's a note in HISTORIA NUMMORUM...
If I had more time lately I'd be doing this myself, but I am pretty certain that this is Antiochus II, though I have been having trouble with id'ing the...
Could you please post the image to a folder on the Seleukid yahoo groups page? It does not appear in the link that you have provided. Oliver D. Hoover...
hi: New shopping new life! How are u doing these days?Yesterday I found a web of a large trading company from china,which is an agent of all the well-known...
Dear Group, browsing through the Royal Numismatic Society home page I found the following article title from Numismatic Chronicle: Fischer, T. A coin portrait...
The attribution of the coin that Th. Fischer published, to Tyre, based on the TYR control (see SC 1128,3, and the gold counterparts, SC 1126 and 1127), was...
AHA95@...
Jan 7, 2009 5:49 pm
1992
Thanks for this swift reply. I have used Antiochus son of Antiochus as an example of a joint regent not issuing his own coins, re the discussion of joint...
Yes, the attribution to Antiochus III is firm. Arthur H **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines....
AHA95@...
Jan 7, 2009 10:28 pm
1994
Jens, what coins of Seleucus IV with the epithet Philopator were you referring to in your earlier message? There are none recorded to my knowledge. Arthur H ...
AHA95@...
Jan 7, 2009 10:38 pm
1995
Arthur, as so often I rely on the Snible <http://www.snible.org/coins/hn/syria.html#b> website, where the old British Museum collections are published....
Jens, thanks for identifying the source.  The coin in question, which is in the Fitzwilliam, was first questioned by Otto Morkholm, Studies in the Coinage...
AHA95@...
Jan 9, 2009 6:14 pm
1997
Hello, I read the pre/post Alexander reform Chalkous denomination breakdown in the new Seleucid coinage II. Is there any evidence for this reform and renaming...
The evidence comes from the abandonment of the heavy denominations, the general metrology of the later bronze issues, and the weight of the Syrian chalkous in...
Thank you Oliver. By the "weight of the Syrian chalkous in the early imperial period" are you refering to the Antiochean "SC" types and the greek imperial...
Dear list We all know that the first Seleukid king to use a cult title on his coins was Antiochos IV (Theos Epiphanes). Is there anyone who might tell me who...
Caro Renzo, fra i Seleucidi il culto dinastico del sovrano vivente è sicuramente attestato con Antioco III, il quale, probabilmente al ritorno dalla...
Thanks for your kind reply, Omar. Apologies if I am writing in my bad English, even though I'm Italian like you, but I don't wish to exclude people who don't...
Yes, you are right. As I told you, Antiochos II's case is only attested in historical works. Inscriptions about him and his reign are extremely rare and as...
Hi! I looked in my archives and found that there is one reference for Antiochos III using the epithet Megas in a letter from Ptolemy, governor in Scythopolis...
Omar and Renzo, Although it is not an example of lifetime usage, it is worth noting that Antiochos I is already described as Soter on emergency coins struck by...
Hello, I have a tetradrachm I am quite sure is Antiochos IV, but can find no reference for the mint. I would appreciate any help. It is one of those bold...
Dear Isadore, You seem to have an unpublished piece. It looks like a new issue of Antiochus III from Susa. The controls are related to those found on Susian...
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