2728 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Archebius) (AE Zeus/pilei) over Epander (elephant/Nike) (Senior 2003, 79)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2728


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

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_2109_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Archebius).png
Overstruck variety
HGC_12, _414_Epander_(elephant-Nike).jpg
Traces of the overstruck variety
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Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Zeus right, scepter over shoulder. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyasa (of Great king Archebius the Just Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Piloi and palms.
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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.139.13 g <br />9,130 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Senior 2003, p. 11, n° 79, Senior 2004b, p. 8, n° 17, pl. 1, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 258 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 211, type 365., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 324 and pl. 52, série 13., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 444.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ NIKHΦOΡOY ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Elephant walking right (visible on obverse: part of legend ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Maharajasa jayadharasa Epadrasa (of Great king Epander the Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Nike right holding wreath and palm branch (visible on reverse: part of Nike and legend)
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Epander (Indo-Greek king, c. 80-75 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 80 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : denomination A StandardStandard. : Indian (Hoover)
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 306 and pl. 48, série 3, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 414.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

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