3154 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Eucratides I) (AE Eucratides I/Kavisi-Begram) over Apollodotus I (Apollo/tripod) (London, BM, 1888-12-08.158)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3154

55 BCE - 50 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜEΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ | Kavisiye nagara devata (city godess of Kapisa)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_2113_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Eucratides_I).jpeg [1]

Overstruck variety

Apollodotus_I_Apollo-tripod_posthumous.png [2]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1888-12-08.158
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	A. Cunningham collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜEΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Eucratides right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet and diadem

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Kavisiye nagara devata (city godess of Kapisa) (Kharoshthi) Godess of Kavisi-Begram seated slighty right, holding palm branch and raising the other arm. In left feld, head of elephant. In right field, monogram and hill.

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:

Eucratides I of Bactria (Greco-Bactrian king, 171-145 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

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.. 50 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: 4.044.04 g <br />4,040 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination C
		StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Bopearachchi 1989, p. 51-53, n° 1, pl. V, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 260	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 100, type 194., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 216 and pl. 22, série 24., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 160.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.eucratides i.28

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ (Greek) Apollo standing facing, holding arrow (visible on obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa Apaladatasa tratarasa (of Great King Apollodotos the Savior) (Kharoshthi) Tripod (visible on reverse: 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 I Soter (Indo-Greek king, c. 174-165 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.. 75 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 C

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Indian

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 119, type 210, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 194, pl. 14, série 7, 101-4, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 123.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.apollodotus i.7

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Posthumous imitation coinage" Bopearachchi 1989, p. 51-53

References

a b Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
a b Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
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,