190 BCE - 180 BCEΕΥΘΥΔΕΜΟΥ − ΘΕΟΥ | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ − ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ. In exergue, ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ
Overstriking coin
Agathocles tetradram NAC 77 109.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Numismatica Ars Classica, 77, 26 May 2014, 109
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΕΥΘΥΔΕΜΟΥ − ΘΕΟΥ (Greek) Diademed head of Euthydemus right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ − ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ. In exergue, ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Heracles seated l. on rock, holding club with r. hand, in inner r. field, monogram
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Merv
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Bactria
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Modern countryModern country:
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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:
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Agathocles Dikaios (Indo-Greek king, c. 190-180 BC)
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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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.8516.85 g <br />16,850 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
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,