Found at Shaikhan Dheri in terra-cotta casket with a bead and some ashes / Pushkalavati
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΤΗΛΕΦΟΥ (Greek) Zeus seated facing 3/4 left, holding scepter and making benediction gesture.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Maharajasa kalanakramasa Teliphasa (of great king Telephos the Benefactor) (Kharoshthi) Male charakter seated on rocks right, naked, branch over shoulder, holding hands over fire or holding a snake (?). In left field, monogram.
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. 80 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime 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: 8.808.8 g <br />8,800 mg <br />
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
Bopearachchi 1995, p. 8-9., Bopearachchi 1995b, p. 626-627, pl. 2, n° 16., Bopearachchi - Pieper 1998, p. 211-212., Bopearachchi 2008, p. 252-253, n° 14 and p. 261
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Zeus right, wearing diadem, scepter over shoulder (nothing visible on obverse).
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyyasa (of Great King Archebios the Just Victory-bearer). (Kharoshthi) Two palm branches flanked by two pilei. Below, monogram (visible on reverse: part of legend)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.ᵖ:
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 75 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.ᵖ:
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
