3821 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Telephus) (AE Zeus/male figure) over Archebius (Zeus/pilei) (Bopearachchi 2008, 14)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3821

80 BCE - 70 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΤΗΛΕΦΟΥ | Maharajasa kalanakramasa Teliphasa (of great king Telephos the Benefactor)

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

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Traces of the overstruck variety

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Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Riaz Babar collection	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Found at Shaikhan Dheri in terra-cotta casket with a bead and some ashes / Pushkalavati

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΤΗΛΕΦΟΥ (Greek) Zeus seated facing 3/4 left, holding scepter and making benediction gesture.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa kalanakramasa Teliphasa (of great king Telephos the Benefactor) (Kharoshthi) Male charakter seated on rocks right, naked, branch over shoulder, holding hands over fire or holding a snake (?). 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:

Indo-Greek kingdom, Telephus of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 80-70 BC)

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.. 70 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.808.8 g <br />8,800 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:	Bopearachchi 1995, p. 8-9., Bopearachchi 1995b, p. 626-627, pl. 2, n° 16., Bopearachchi - Pieper 1998, p. 211-212., Bopearachchi 2008, p. 252-253, n° 14 and p. 261	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 269, type 453., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 345 and pl. 60, série 3., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 411.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.telephus.4

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Zeus right, wearing diadem, scepter over shoulder (nothing visible on obverse).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyyasa (of Great King Archebios the Just Victory-bearer). (Kharoshthi) Two palm branches flanked by two pilei. Below, monogram (visible on reverse: part of legend)

Mint and issuing power

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

Taxila

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Gandhara

Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan

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

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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

denomination A/B

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	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 reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.archebius.18

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

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