3154 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Eucratides I) (AE Eucratides I/Kavisi-Begram) over Apollodotus I (Apollo/tripod) (London, BM, 1888-12-08.158): Difference between revisions
From SILVER
m (Callatay moved page SO 2113 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Eucratides I) (AE Eucratides I/Kavisi-Begram) over Apollodotus I (Apollo/tripod) (London, BM, 1888-12-08.158) to 2113 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Eucratides I) (AE Eucratides I/Kavisi-Begram) over Apollodotus I (Apollo/tripod) (London, BM, 1888-12-08.158)) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
|Reverse legend language=Kharoshthi | |Reverse legend language=Kharoshthi | ||
|Reverse description=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. | |Reverse description=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= | |Mint=Taxila | ||
|Ancient region=Gandhara | |Ancient region=Gandhara | ||
|Authority=Eucratides I of Bactria (Greco-Bactrian king, 171-145 BC); Indo-Greek kingdom | |Authority=Eucratides I of Bactria (Greco-Bactrian king, 171-145 BC); Indo-Greek kingdom | ||
| Line 41: | Line 41: | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Mitchiner 1975, p. 119, type 210 ; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 194, pl. 14, série 7, 101-4 ; HGC 12, n° 123. | |Coin series reference overstruck=Mitchiner 1975, p. 119, type 210 ; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 194, pl. 14, série 7, 101-4 ; HGC 12, n° 123. | ||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.apollodotus_i.7 | |Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.apollodotus_i.7 | ||
|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional | |||
|Level of confidence=strong | |||
|Remarks="Posthumous imitation coinage" Bopearachchi 1989, p. 51-53 | |Remarks="Posthumous imitation coinage" Bopearachchi 1989, p. 51-53 | ||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 05:25, 14 July 2023
55 BCE - 50 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜEΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ | Kavisiye nagara devata (city godess of Kapisa)
_(Eucratides_I).jpeg)
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: | |||
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: | |||
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,
