22531 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Azes I) (AE Poseidon/Yakshi) over Apollodotus II (uncertain type) (Gorny & Mosch, 297, Oct. 2023, 520)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 22531

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

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch, 297, 9 Oct. 2023, 520

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: 12.1912.19 g <br />12,190 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:

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)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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.. 60 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:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägt auf eine Münze des Apollodotos II. (Spuren der Legende [ΑΠΟ]ΛΛΟΔΟ[ΤΟΥ] links auf dem Avers)!"; "Dies ist die vierte bekannte Überprägung einer Poseidon-Bronze des Azes auf einen Untertyp des Apollodotos II., vgl. Bopearachchi, Monnaies indo-grecques surfrappées, RN 1989, S. 76 Nr. 22 und ders., L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs, RN 2008, S. 253f. Nr. 16-17"

References

^ 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.
^ 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,