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

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 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) : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org 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 Nomisma.org 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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
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

  1. ^  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,