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2683 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Zoilus II) (AE Apollo/tripod) over Apollodotus II (Apollo/tripod) (London, BM, 1922-4-24.2915): Difference between revisions

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|Image overstriking coin=SO 2117.jpeg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1922-0424-2915
|Image overstruck variety=Apollodotus II apollo tripod.png
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.apollodotus_ii.7
|Museum collection=London, British Museum, 1922,0424.2915
|Museum collection=London, British Museum, 1922,0424.2915
|Private collection=R. B. Whitehead collection
|Private collection=R. B. Whitehead collection
|Archaeological context=Sialkot hoard
|Archaeological context=Sialkot hoard
|Obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΖΩΙΛΟΥ
|Obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΖΩΙΛΟΥ
|Obverse legend language=Greek
|Obverse description=Apollo right, wearing coat, holding arrow. In left field, elephant.
|Obverse description=Apollo right, wearing coat, holding arrow. In left field, elephant.
|Reverse legend=Maharajasa tratarasa Jhoilasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great King Zoilos the Savior")
|Reverse legend=Maharajasa tratarasa Jhoilasa (of Great King Zoilos the Savior)
|Reverse legend language=Kharosthi
|Reverse description=Tripod. In left field, letter. In right field, letter.
|Reverse description=Tripod. In left field, letter. In right field, letter.
|Mint=Uncertain mint
|Mint=Bactria (uncertain mint)
|Ancient region=Eastern Punjab
|Ancient region=Eastern Punjab
|Authority=Zoilos II Soter (Indo-Greek king, c. 55-35 BC)
|Authority=Zoilus II Soter (Indo-Greek king, C. 55-35 BCE); Indo-Greek kingdom
|Coin reference=O. Bopearachchi, "Monnaies indo-grecques surfrappées", Revue Numismatique 6/31 (1989), p. 49-79 (p. 74-75, no. 20, pl. VI) ; 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, 462 b. ; R. B. Whitehead, "Notes on Indo-Greek Numismatics", The Numismatic Chronicle 3 (1923), p. 294-343 (p. 308-309). ; Case X, 4 ? ; O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 261).
|Date from=55 BCE
|Coin series reference=O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 366 and pl. 68, series 5. ; 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. 275, type 462.;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. 468
|Date to=35 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Denomination=denomination AA
|Standard=Greek module
|Coin reference=Bopearachchi 1989, p. 49-79 (p. 74-75, no. 20, pl. VI) ; Mitchiner 1975, type 462 b. ; R. B. Whitehead, "Notes on Indo-Greek Numismatics", The Numismatic Chronicle 3 (1923), p. 294-343 (p. 308-309). ; Case X, 4 ? ; O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 261).
|Coin series reference=Bopearachchi 1991, p. 366 and pl. 68, série 5. ; Mitchiner 1975, p. 275, type 462.; HGC 12, n° 468
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.zoilus_ii.4
|Overstruck obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΩΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ
|Overstruck obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΩΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ
|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck obverse description=Apollo (visible on obverse: part of legend)
|Overstruck obverse description=Apollo (visible on obverse: part of legend)
|Overstruck reverse legend=Maharajasa tratarasa Apaladatasa
|Overstruck reverse legend=Maharajasa tratarasa Apaladatasa (of the Great King Apollodotus the Savior)
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Kharosthi
|Overstruck reverse description=Tripod (visible on reverse: part of legend)
|Overstruck reverse description=Tripod (visible on reverse: part of legend)
|Overstruck authority=Apollodotus II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 80-65 BC)
|Overstruck mint=Bactria (uncertain mint)
|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. 394.
|Overstruck ancient region=Bactria
|Overstruck authority=Apollodotus II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 80-65 BC); Indo-Greek kingdom
|Overstruck date from=85 BCE
|Overstruck date to=65 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=denomination A
|Overstruck standard=Greek module
|Coin series reference overstruck=Mitchiner 1975, p. 260, type 431 ; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 349-50, pl. 62, série 7 ; HGC 12, n° 394.
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.apollodotus_ii.7
}}
}}

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2683


55 BCE - 35 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΖΩΙΛΟΥ | Maharajasa tratarasa Jhoilasa (of Great King Zoilos the Savior)

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 2117.jpeg [1]
Overstruck variety
Apollodotus II apollo tripod.png [2]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: London, British Museum, 1922,0424.2915
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : R. B. Whitehead collection Archaeological contextArchaeological context: Sialkot hoard

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΖΩΙΛΟΥ (Greek) Apollo right, wearing coat, holding arrow. In left field, elephant. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Maharajasa tratarasa Jhoilasa (of Great King Zoilos the Savior) (Kharosthi) Tripod. In left field, letter. In right field, letter.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Bactria (uncertain mint) Ancient regionAncient region. Eastern Punjab 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: Zoilus II Soter (Indo-Greek king, C. 55-35 BCE), 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.. 35 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 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination AA
StandardStandard.: Greek module
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Bopearachchi 1989, p. 49-79 (p. 74-75, no. 20, pl. VI), Mitchiner 1975, type 462 b., R. B. Whitehead, "Notes on Indo-Greek Numismatics", The Numismatic Chronicle 3 (1923), p. 294-343 (p. 308-309)., Case X, 4 ?, O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 261). Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Bopearachchi 19911Bopearachchi 1991, p. 366 and pl. 68, série 5., Mitchiner 19752Mitchiner 1975, p. 275, type 462., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 468
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΩΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ (Greek) Apollo (visible on obverse: part of legend) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Maharajasa tratarasa Apaladatasa (of the Great King Apollodotus the Savior) (Kharosthi) Tripod (visible on reverse: part of legend)
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Apollodotus II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 80-65 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 85 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
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : denomination A StandardStandard. : Greek module
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Mitchiner 19752Mitchiner 1975, p. 260, type 431, Bopearachchi 19911Bopearachchi 1991, p. 349-50, pl. 62, série 7, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 394.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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References

  1. a b  Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
  2. a b  Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
  3. 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,