3154 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Eucratides I) (AE Eucratides I/Kavisi-Begram) over Apollodotus I (Apollo/tripod) (London, BM, 1888-12-08.158)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3154

55 - 50ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜEΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ | Kavisiye nagara devata (Kharoshthi ; ie. "city godess of Kapisa")

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1888,1208.158
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	A. Cunningham collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜEΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ Bust of Eucratides right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet and diadem

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Kavisiye nagara devata (Kharoshthi ; ie. "city godess of Kapisa") 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.:

Kapisa-Bergam

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. 55 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 50

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.044.04 g <br />4,040 mg <br />
		StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

O. Bopearachchi, "Monnaies indo-grecques surfrappées", Revue Numismatique 6/31 (1989), p. 49-79 (p. 51-53, no. 1, pl. V), A. Cunningham, "Coins of Alexander's Successors in the East", The Numismatic Chronicle 9 (1869), p. 217-246 (p. 225-226), A. Cunningham, Coins of Alexander's Successors in the East, Chicago, 1969 (1st ed. London, 1884), p. 169-170., 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. 216 and pl. 22, series 24., 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. 100, type 194., 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. 160.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Apollo standing facing, holding arrow (visible on obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa Apaladatasa tratarasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great King Apollodotos the Savior) Tripod (visible on reverse: 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:

Apollodotus I Soter (Indo-Greek king, c. 180-160 BC or 174-165 BC)

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:

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. 120-123.

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