15223 - Merv (Agathocles) (tetradrachm Euthydemus/Heracles) over uncertain type (NAC, 77, May 2014, 109)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 15223

190 BCE - 180 BCEΕΥΘΥΔΕΜΟΥ − ΘΕΟΥ | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ − ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ. In exergue, ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Agathocles tetradram NAC 77 109.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Numismatica Ars Classica, 77, 26 May 2014, 109

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΕΥΘΥΔΕΜΟΥ − ΘΕΟΥ (Greek) Diademed head of Euthydemus right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ − ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ. In exergue, ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Heracles seated l. on rock, holding club with r. hand, in inner r. field, monogram

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Merv

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bactria

Modern countryModern country:

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:

Agathocles Dikaios (Indo-Greek king, c. 190-180 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 190 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 180 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.8516.85 g <br />16,850 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=694589&AucID=1288&Lot=109

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HGC 121HGC 12, n° 87

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	(not surely an overstrike)

References

^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2013), Handbook of coins of Baktria and ancient India : including Sogdiana, Margiana, Areia, and the Indo-Greek, Indo-Skythian, and native Indian states south of the Hindu Kush, fifth century BC to first century, Lancaster-London,