I thought it better to add on to an existing topic rather than start a new one on the same subject.
Hope that is OK.
This coin was purchased in 1997 as a
tetradrachm of
Antiochus VII. This was, or course, several years before the
posthumous Cappadocian tetradrachms of
Antiochus VII were identified. Curious as to whether my coin is a Cappadocian
tetradrachm or not, I recently downloaded
Cappadician Tetradrachms in the Name of Antiochus VII by Catharine Lorber and Arthur Houghton (NC 166, 2006) from the internet.
Looking over that document – especially the table of control marks on page 50 and the illustration plates at the end, I have concluded this coin may not be a
posthumous Cappadocian
tetradrachm. But I could be wrong . . . I do not have access to Houghton’s
Seleucid Coins to check control marks on the coins of
Antiochus VII issued during
his lifetime.
The table on p. 50 shows the control marks that are common to royal Cappadocian coins and the
posthumous Antiochus VII tetradrachms. My coin has only a Greek omicron (O) in the inner
right field. This control mark is not listed in this table,
nor do any of the tetradrachms shown in the plates at the end of the article have this control mark. (Many do have a Greek omicron (O) in the inner
left field along with a Greek lambda (L) in the inner right
field.) But there may be other control marks found only on the Cappadocian tetradrachms.
Your thoughts and comments would be welcome. Thanks.
