2683 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Zoilus II) (AE Apollo/tripod) over Apollodotus II (Apollo/tripod) (London, BM, 1922-4-24.2915)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2683

55 BCE - 35 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΖΩΙΛΟΥ | Maharajasa tratarasa Jhoilasa (of Great King Zoilos the Savior)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 2117.jpeg [1]

Overstruck variety

Apollodotus II apollo tripod.png [2]

Traces of the overstruck variety

2117_Apollodotus_II_Apollo-tripod_(drawing).png

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1922-4-24.2915
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	R. B. Whitehead collection	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Sialkot hoard

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΖΩΙΛΟΥ (Greek) Apollo right, wearing coat, holding arrow. In left field, elephant.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa tratarasa Jhoilasa (of Great King Zoilos the Savior) (Kharosthi) Tripod. In left field, letter. In right field, letter.

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:

Indo-Greek kingdom, Zoilus II (Indo-Greek king, c. 55-35 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 55 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 35 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		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination AA
		StandardStandard.: Greek module

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Whitehead 1923, p. 308-309, Mitchiner 1975, type 462 b, Bopearachchi 1989, p. 74-75, n° 20, pl. VI, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 261.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 275, type 462, Bopearachchi 19892Bopearachchi 1989, p. 74-75, n° 20, pl. VI, Bopearachchi 19913Bopearachchi 1991, p. 366 and pl. 68, série 5, Bopearachchi 20084Bopearachchi 2008, p. 261, HGC 125HGC 12, n° 468
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.zoilus ii.4

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΩΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ (Greek) Apollo (visible on obverse: part of legend)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa tratarasa Apaladatasa (of the Great King Apollodotus the Savior) (Kharosthi) Tripod (visible on reverse: 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. 85 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:

Greek module

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 260, type 431, Bopearachchi 19913Bopearachchi 1991, p. 349-50, pl. 62, série 7, HGC 125HGC 12, n° 394.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.apollodotus ii.7

Additional data

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

References

a b Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (1989), "Monnaies indo-grecques surfrappées," Revue Numismatique 6 (31), p. 49-79.
a b Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (2008), "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs," Revue Numismatique 164, p. 245-268.
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,