SO 796 - Uncertain mint under Eucratides I of Bactria over uncertain mint
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ EYKPATIΔOY | Maharajasa Evukratidasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great king Eukratides)
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Smithsonian Institution | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ EYKPATIΔOY Head of Eucratides right, wearing Boiotian helmet | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Maharajasa Evukratidasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great king Eukratides) Dioscuroi riding right. In field, monogram. |
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: | Eucratides I of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, 171-145 BC) - pretended authority (posthumous imitation) |
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, Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian Coins in the Smithsonian Institution, Washinton, 1993, p. 53-54 and pl. 4, no. 45., O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 260). | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. Bopearachchi1O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 211-213, pl. 20-21, series 19., M. H. Mitchiner2M. H. Mitchiner, Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, vol. 1, The Early Indo-Greeks and their antecedants: Alexander the Great, the Satraps of Egypt, Babylon, Ecbatana, Bactra and Kapisa: the Seleucids: circa 330 to 150 BC, London, 1975, p. 98-99, type 190., O. D. Hoover3O. D. Hoover, 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 Centuries BC to First Century AD - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 12, Lancaster-London, 2013, no. 155. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΠΑΛΑΥΡΙΟΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ visible on obverse: ΔΕΛ, line of pearls | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Spalahoraputrasa dhramiasa Spalagadamasa visible on the reverse : part of legend |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Spalirises (Indo-Scythian king, 1st century BC), Spalagadames |
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 ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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