225 BCE - 200 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘYΔΗΜΟΥ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group 106 (13/09/2017), no. 561 ; Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19/09/2001), no. 849
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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Wilfried Pieper Collection
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Euthydemus right, wearing diadem. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘYΔΗΜΟΥ (Greek) Heracles seated on rock left, holding club. In right field, monogram. Border of dots.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 225 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 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: 16.2616.26 g <br />16,260 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic (Bopearachchi, Hoover)
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Bopearachchi 2004, p. 20, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 2, n° 1
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 51-53, type 85 or 89, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 156 and pl. 2-3, series 5, Bopearachchi - Pieper 20043Bopearachchi - Pieper 2004, p. 20, Bopearachchi 20084Bopearachchi 2008, p. 2, n° 1, HGC 125HGC 12, n° 38-44
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Diademed head of Euthydemos right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ to left (Greek) Zeus Bremetes, seen from behind, advancing left, aegis draped over outstretched arm, and brandishing thunderbolt, in inner left field, wreath above eagle standing left, monogram to inner right
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 256 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 225 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
References
- ^ Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
- ^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
- ^ Bopearachchi, Osmund - Pieper, Wilfried (2004), “Over-struck and double-struck”, News Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society , no. 178, Winter 2004, p. 20.
- ^ 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,
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