15221 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Diodotus II) (tetradrachm Diodotus/Zeus) over uncertain type (CNG, 121, Oct. 2022, 643)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 15221

239 BCE - 230 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, ΔIOΔOTOY to left

Images

Overstriking coin

Diodotos II tetradrachme Classical Numismatic Group, 121, 6 Oct. 2022, 643.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, 121, 6 Oct. 2022, 643

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Diodotos I right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, ΔIOΔOTOY to left (Greek) Zeus Bremetes advancing left, brandishing aegis and thunderbolt, monogram to inner right, traces of archaic Z to outer right

Mint and issuing power

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

Bactria (uncertain mint B)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bactria

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:

Diodotus II of Bactria (king in Bactria, 239-223 C)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 239 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 230 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: 16.5316.53 g <br />16,530 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.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2084810&AucID=4959&Lot=643

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HGC 121HGC 12, n° 22

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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:	"Overstruck on an uncertain Hellenistic tetradrachm" (not surely an overstrike)

References

^ 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,