CoinTalk Post on Etenna Overstrike: Commenter Says Undertype Is From Side, Not Antiochos III
On the CoinTalk forum, a member posting as "-monolith-" described a bronze of Etenna in Pisidia as overstruck on a bronze of the Seleucid king Antiochos III from the Tyre mint. Barry Murphy replied that the undertype is from Side in Pamphylia. The poster wrote that AI photo identification had been used for the undertype, that it was off, and that the article would be updated.
Correction (Oct 13, 2026): We corrected the headline, summary and body to match the source. We made clear that a reply in the thread identified the undertype as a coin of Side and that the poster said the AI-based identification was off. We also corrected Etenna's region (the previous version placed it in Lycia or "Sikiria"; the source says Pisidia), the date (the previous version said the mid-2nd century BC; the source says the 1st century BC) and the claim that the coin was found at Tyre (the source says the undertype was attributed to the Tyre mint), and removed unsupported speculation about economic independence and trade routes. The previous headline was "Rare Etenna Overstrike Found on Seleucid Bronze Coin."
This article is based on posts in a CoinTalk forum thread titled "An Unpublished Overstrike of Etenna on a Bronze of Antiochos III from Tyre." The content consists of forum members' statements and opinions, not verified findings. The source does not give the date of the posts.
The original post
An overstrike is a coin struck with new dies on top of an existing coin.
The poster, "-monolith-" (The Monolith Collection), presented a bronze of Etenna in Pisidia, dated stylistically to the 1st century BC, measuring 19.0 mm and weighing 3.97 g. The obverse shows a nymph advancing right, entwined by a serpent, with an amphora to the left. The reverse shows the letters E and T on either side of a sickle-shaped knife.
The poster said the coin was overstruck on a bronze of the Seleucid king Antiochos III from the Tyre mint, with traces of the king's portrait on the obverse and of the palm tree and royal legend on the reverse. The poster argued that it showed Seleucid bronzes still circulating in southern Anatolia more than a century after their issue.
The reply: undertype from Side
Barry Murphy replied that the undertype on the first coin is from Side in Pamphylia, not a Seleucid bronze.
The poster answered that they had found a match that shows the undertype portraits more clearly. The poster wrote that they had used AI photo identification to help identify the undertype, that it was off, and that they would update the article soon.
Source: CoinTalk, "An Unpublished Overstrike of Etenna on a Bronze of Antiochos III from Tyre."
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