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{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=SO_2109_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Archebius).png
|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=2109_elephant-Nike_overstruck_(drawing).png
|Image overstruck variety=HGC_12, _414_Epander_(elephant-Nike).jpg
|Obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ
|Obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ
|Obverse legend language=Greek
|Obverse description=Bust of Zeus right, scepter over shoulder.
|Obverse description=Bust of Zeus right, scepter over shoulder.
|Reverse legend=Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. of Great king Archebius the Just Victory-bearer)
|Reverse legend=Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyasa (of Great king Archebius the Just Victory-bearer)
|Reverse legend language=Kharoshthi
|Reverse description=Piloi and palms.
|Reverse description=Piloi and palms.
|Mint=Uncertain mint
|Mint=Taxila
|Ancient region=Eastern Gandhara
|Ancient region=Gandhara
|Authority=Archebius of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 90-80 BC)
|Authority=Archebius of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 75-65 BC); Indo-Greek kingdom
|Date from=75 BCE
|Date to=65 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=9.13
|Weight=9.13
|Diameter=23
|Diameter=23
|Standard=Indian
|Denomination=denomination A/B
|Coin reference=R. C. Senior, "More unpublished Indo-Greek coins", Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 175 (2003), p. 9-11 (p. 11, no. 79) ; R. C. Senior, "The Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian King Sequences in the Second and First Centuries BC", Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 179 (Spring 2004), p. 1-24 (p. 8, no. 17, pl. 1) ; O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 258).
|Standard=Indian (Hoover)
|Coin series reference=O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 324 and pl. 52, series 13. ; M. H. Mitchiner, Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, vol. 3. The decline of the Indo-Greeks : circa 130 to 0 B.C, London, 1975, p. 211, type 365.;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. 444.
|Coin reference=Senior 2003, p. 11, n° 79 ; Senior 2004b, p. 8, n° 17, pl. 1 ; Bopearachchi 2008, p. 258
|Overstruck obverse description=Elephant right (visible on obverse: part of legend
|Coin series reference=Mitchiner 1975, p. 211, type 365.; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 324 and pl. 52, série 13. ; HGC 12, n° 444.
|Overstruck reverse description=Nike holding wreath (visible on reverse: part of Nike and legend)
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.archebius.18
|Overstruck authority=Epander (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-90 BC)
|Overstruck obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ NIKHΦOΡOY ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ
|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. 414.
|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck obverse description=Elephant walking right (visible on obverse: part of legend
|Overstruck reverse legend=Maharajasa jayadharasa Epadrasa (of Great king Epander the Victory-bearer)
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Kharoshthi
|Overstruck reverse description=Nike right holding wreath and palm branch (visible on reverse: part of Nike and legend)
|Overstruck mint=Taxila
|Overstruck ancient region=Gandhara
|Overstruck authority=Epander (Indo-Greek king, c. 80-75 BC); Indo-Greek kingdom
|Overstruck date from=80 BCE
|Overstruck date to=75 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=denomination A
|Overstruck standard=Indian (Hoover)
|Coin series reference overstruck=Bopearachchi 1991, p. 306 and pl. 48, série 3 ; HGC 12, n° 414.
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.epander.4
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread
|Level of confidence=sure
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 06:24, 19 November 2023

Overstrike Database
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 2728


75 BCE - 65 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ | Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyasa (of Great king Archebius the Just Victory-bearer)

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_2109_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Archebius).png
Overstruck variety
HGC_12, _414_Epander_(elephant-Nike).jpg
Traces of the overstruck variety
2109_elephant-Nike_overstruck_(drawing).png
Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Zeus right, scepter over shoulder. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyasa (of Great king Archebius the Just Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Piloi and palms.
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: Archebius of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 75-65 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom
Chronology
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 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.139.13 g <br />9,130 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 /> StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Senior 2003, p. 11, n° 79, Senior 2004b, p. 8, n° 17, pl. 1, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 258 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 211, type 365., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 324 and pl. 52, série 13., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 444.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ NIKHΦOΡOY ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Elephant walking right (visible on obverse: part of legend ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Maharajasa jayadharasa Epadrasa (of Great king Epander the Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Nike right holding wreath and palm branch (visible on reverse: part of Nike and 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: Epander (Indo-Greek king, c. 80-75 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: denomination A StandardStandard. ᵖ: Indian (Hoover)
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 306 and pl. 48, série 3, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 414.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:
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