3730 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Archebius) (tetradrachm) over uncertain type (HWCA, NYINC Signature Sale 3061, Jan. 2018, 29287)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3730

75 BCE - 65 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ | Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyasa (of Great king Archebius the Just Victory-bearer)

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3061, 07 Jan. 2018, 29287

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Archebius right, wearing diadem.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyasa (of Great king Archebius the Just Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Zeus-Mithra standing facing, brandishing thunderbolt and holding long scepter. In left field, monogram.

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:

Archebius of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 75-65 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 75 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 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: 9.519.51 g <br />9,510 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.: 11 mm <br />0.1 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:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 207, type 356., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 319-320 and pl. 50, série 2., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 432.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.archebius.2

Overstruck type

Description

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Physical description

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Additional data

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References

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