ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
Diademed head of Diodotos I right
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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:
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
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams).in grams: 16.5316.53 g <br />16,530 mg <br />
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />
"Overstruck on an uncertain Hellenistic tetradrachm" (not surely an overstrike)
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,
periodTime period of the numismatic object.
