2796 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Philoxenus) (tetradrachm Philoxenus/rider) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 269, March 2020, 646)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2796

125 BCE - 110 BCEBAΣIΛEΩΣ ANIKHTΟΥ ΦIΛOΞENOY | Maharasha apadihatasa Philasinasa (of Great King Philoxenos the Unconquered)

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch 269 (09/03/2020), lot 646 ; Heritage, Signature Auction 3054 (07/04/2017), lot 30169 ; Gorny & Mosch 249 (11/10/2017), lot 366

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANIKHTΟΥ ΦIΛOΞENOY (Greek) diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philoxenus right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharasha apadihatasa Philasinasa (of Great King Philoxenos the Unconquered) (Kharoshthi) Philoxenus in cavalry armor galloping right on horseback, holding couched spear, monogram below.

Mint and issuing power

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

Taxila

Ancient regionAncient region.

Gandhara

Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan

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:

Indo-Greek kingdom, Philoxenus Anicetus (Indo-Greek king, c. 100-95 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 125 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 110 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: 9.699.69 g <br />9,690 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Indian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Bopearachchi 19911Bopearachchi 1991, p. 289 and pl. 43, série 3., Mitchiner 19752Mitchiner 1975, p. 198-199, type 338., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 267.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.philoxenus.3

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

visible on obverse: monogram

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

visible on reverse: head right

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:

References

^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
^ Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
^ 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,