3730 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Archebius) (tetradrachm) over uncertain type (HWCA, NYINC Signature Sale 3061, Jan. 2018, 29287)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3730

75 - 65ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ | Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. of Great king Archebius the Just Victory-bearer)

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3061 (07/01/2018), no. 29287

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ Bust of Archebius right, wearing diadem.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. of Great king Archebius the Just Victory-bearer) Zeus standing facing, brandishing thunderbolt and holding long scepter. In left field, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Uncertain mint

Ancient regionAncient region.

Eastern Gandhara

Modern countryModern country: unknown

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. 90-80 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 75 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65

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: 9.519.51 g <br />9,510 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Indian

References

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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

O. Bopearachchi1O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 319-320 and pl. 50, series 2., M. H. Mitchiner2M. 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. 207, type 356., 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. 432.

Overstruck type

Description

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Physical description

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Additional data

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