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3490 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Euthydemus I) (tetradrachm Euthydemus/Heracles) over Diodotus I (Euthydemus/Zeus) (CNG, 58, Sept. 2001, 849): Difference between revisions

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{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=391 Euthydemus over Diodotus .png
|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=391 Euthydemus over Diodotus (overstrike coin).jpeg
|Image overstruck variety=391 Euthydemus over Diodotus (drawing).png
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2205198&AucID=5303&Lot=341
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group 106 (13/09/2017), no. 561 ; Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19/09/2001), no. 849
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group 106 (13/09/2017), no. 561 ; Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19/09/2001), no. 849
|Private collection=Wilfried Pieper Collection
|Private collection=Wilfried Pieper Collection
|Obverse description=Head of Euthydemus right, wearing diadem. Border of dots.
|Obverse description=Head of Euthydemus right, wearing diadem. Border of dots.
|Reverse legend= ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘYΔΗΜΟΥ
|Reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘYΔΗΜΟΥ
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Heracles seated on rock left, holding club. In right field, monogram. Border of dots.
|Reverse description=Heracles seated on rock left, holding club. In right field, monogram. Border of dots.
|Mint=Uncertain mint
|Mint=Bactria (uncertain mint)
|Authority=Euthydemus I of Bactria (satrap of Sogdiana and Indo-Greek king, c. 230-c. 200 BC)
|Ancient region=Bactria
|Weight=16,26
|Authority=Euthydemus I of Bactria (satrap of Sogdiana and Greco-Bactrian king, c. 230-c. 200 BC); Bactrian kingdom
|Date from=225 BCE
|Date to=200 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=16.26
|Diameter=28
|Diameter=28
|Axis=12 h
|Axis=12
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Denomination=tetradrachm
|Standard=Attic (Bopearachchi ; Hoover)
|Standard=Attic (Bopearachchi ; Hoover)
|Coin reference=O. Bopearachchi and W. Pieper, "Over-struck and double-struck", News Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society 178 (2004), p. 20.
|Coin reference=Bopearachchi 2004, p. 20 ; Bopearachchi 2008, p. 2, n° 1
|Coin series reference=O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 156 and pl. 2-3, series 5.;M. H. Mitchiner, Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, vol. 2. The Apogee of Indo-Greeks: circa 160 to 120 BC, London, 1975, p. 51-53, type 85 or 89.;O. 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. 40.
|Coin series reference=Mitchiner 1975, p. 51-53, type 85 or 89 ; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 156 and pl. 2-3, series 5 ; Bopearachchi - Pieper 2004, p. 20 ; Bopearachchi 2008, p. 2, n° 1 ; HGC 12, n° 38-44
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of king right, wearing diadem (visible on obverse: profile)
|Overstruck obverse description=Diademed head of Euthydemos right
|Overstruck reverse description=Nothing visible on reverse
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ to left
|Overstruck authority=Diodotus I of Bactria (Seleucid satrap and Indo-Greek king in Bactria, c. 255/50-239 BC)
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Coin series reference overstruck=O. 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. 19.
|Overstruck reverse description=Zeus Bremetes, seen from behind, advancing left, aegis draped over outstretched arm, and brandishing thunderbolt; in inner left field, wreath above eagle standing left; monogram to inner right
|Overstruck mint=Bactria (uncertain mint)
|Overstruck ancient region=Bactria
|Overstruck authority=Diodotus I of Bactria (Seleucid satrap and king in Bactria, c. 255/50-239 BC); Bactrian kingdom
|Overstruck date from=256 BCE
|Overstruck date to=225 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
|Overstruck standard=Attic
|Coin series reference overstruck=HGC 12, n° 21-22
|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
|Level of confidence=sure
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 14:05, 17 November 2023

Overstrike Database
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 3490


225 BCE - 200 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘYΔΗΜΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
391 Euthydemus over Diodotus .png
Overstruck variety
391 Euthydemus over Diodotus (drawing).png [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
391 Euthydemus over Diodotus (overstrike coin).jpeg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: Classical Numismatic Group 106 (13/09/2017), no. 561 ; Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19/09/2001), no. 849
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: Wilfried Pieper Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Euthydemus right, wearing diadem. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘYΔΗΜΟΥ (Greek) Heracles seated on rock left, holding club. In right field, monogram. Border of dots.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Bactria (uncertain mint) Ancient regionAncient region. Bactria 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: Euthydemus I of Bactria (satrap of Sogdiana and Greco-Bactrian king, c. 230-c. 200 BC), Bactrian kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 225 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.2616.26 g <br />16,260 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Attic (Bopearachchi, Hoover)
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Bopearachchi 2004, p. 20, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 2, n° 1 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 51-53, type 85 or 89, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 156 and pl. 2-3, series 5, Bopearachchi - Pieper 20043Bopearachchi - Pieper 2004, p. 20, Bopearachchi 20084Bopearachchi 2008, p. 2, n° 1, HGC 125HGC 12, n° 38-44

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head of Euthydemos right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ to left (Greek) Zeus Bremetes, seen from behind, advancing left, aegis draped over outstretched arm, and brandishing thunderbolt, in inner left field, wreath above eagle standing left, monogram to inner right
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: Bactria (uncertain mint) Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ Bactria Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: Diodotus I of Bactria (Seleucid satrap and king in Bactria, c. 255/50-239 BC), Bactrian kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 256 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 225 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. ᵖ: Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: HGC 125HGC 12, n° 21-22
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:
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