3474 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Azes I) (AE Poseidon/Yakshi) over Apollodotus II (Apollo/tripod) (Copenhagen, NM)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3474

58 BCE - 12 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ | Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayasa (of Great King, King of Kings Azes the Great)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_2119_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Azes_I).png

Overstruck variety

Apollodotus_Apollo_bow_arrow-tripod.jpeg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

2119_Apollodotus_II_Apollo-tripod_(drawing).png

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Copenhagen, National Museum

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ (Greek) Poseidon standing facing, holding trident, a foot on river-god.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayasa (of Great King, King of Kings Azes the Great) (Kharoshthi) Yakshi standing facing, holding vines. 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:

Azes I of Gandhara (Indo-Scythian ruler, c. 58-12 BC), Gandhara (Indo-Greek Kingdom)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 58 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 12 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: 12.2012.2 g <br />12,200 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Indian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Bopearachchi 2008, p. 253-254, n° 16

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 492, type 740, Senior 20012Senior 2001, vol. 2, p. 31-32, n° 77, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 674

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΩΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ (Greek) Apollo standing facing, holding bow and arrow (visible on reverse: arrow and part of legend)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa tratarasa Apaladatasa (of Great King Apollodotus the Savor) (Kharoshthi) Tripod. In left field, monogram. In right field, Kharoshthi letter (visible on obverse: traces of tripod, monogram and 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:

Apollodotus II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 80-65 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.. 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

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Indian

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 262, type 433, Bopearachchi 19914Bopearachchi 1991, p. 351, pl. 63, série 12, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 400.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.apollodotus ii.14

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

a b Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
^ Senior, Robert C. (2001), Indo-Scythian Coins and History, 4 vol., Lancaster, Penn. ; London, Classical Numismatic Group.
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,
^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.