239 BCE - 230 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ to right, ΔIOΔOTOY to left
Overstriking coin
Diodotos II tetradrachme Classical Numismatic Group, 121, 6 Oct. 2022, 643.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, 121, 6 Oct. 2022, 643
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Diademed head of Diodotos I right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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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
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Mint and issuing power
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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.5316.53 g <br />16,530 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
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,