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SO 2147 - Uncertain mint under Artemidoros Aniketos over uncertain mint

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3140


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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Senior Consultants list (02/1996), no. 51

Overstriking coin

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 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: Artemidoros Aniketos (Indo-Greek king, c. 85-80 or c. 100-80 BC)
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
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: O. Bopearachchi, "Recent discoveries: hoards and finds of ancient coins from Afghanistan and Pakistan", Yavanika, Journal of the Indian Society for Greek and Roman Studies 4 (1994), p. 3-30 (p. 14, no. 4, pl. 1)., D. MacDonald, in R. C. Senior and D. MacDonald, The Decline of the Indo-Greeks: a re-appraisal of the chronology from the time of Menander to that of Azes, Monograph of the Hellenic Numismatic Society 2, Athens, 1998, p. 14, n. 92., O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 261). Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

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. : Hermaeus Soter (Indo-Greek king of the Eucratid Dynasty, c. 90-70 BC), Calliope (Indo-Greek princess, c. 90-70 BC)
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: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: