3821 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Telephus) (AE Zeus/male figure) over Archebius (Zeus/pilei) (Bopearachchi 2008, 14)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3821

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΤΗΛΕΦΟΥ | Maharajasa kalanakramasa Teliphasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of great king Telephos the Benefactor")

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Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Riaz Babar collection	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Found at Shaikhan Dheri in terra-cotta casket with a bead and some ashes / Pushkalavati

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΤΗΛΕΦΟΥ Zeus seated facing 3/4 left, holding scepter and making benediction gesture.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa kalanakramasa Teliphasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of great king Telephos the Benefactor") Male charakter seated on rocks right, naked, branch over shoulder, holding hands over fire or holding a snake (?). In left field, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

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

Uncertain mint

Ancient regionAncient region.

Western 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:

Telephus of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 75-70 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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.88.8 g <br />8,800 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

O. Bopearachchi, "Découvertes récentes de trésors indo-grecs : nouvelles données historiques", Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 2 (1995), p. 611-630 (p. 626-627, pl. 2, no. 16)., O. Bopearachchi, "Indian brahman on a coin of Indo-Greek Telephus", Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 145 (1995), p. 8-9., O. Bopearachchi and W. Pieper, Ancient Indian Coins, Brepols, Turnhout 1998, p. 211-212., O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 252-253, no. 14 and p. 261).

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

O. Bopearachchi1O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 345 and pl. 60, series 3., 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. 269, type 453., 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. 411.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ Bust of Zeus right, wearing diadem, scepter over shoulder (nothing visible on obverse).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyyasa (Kharoshthi; ie. "of Great King Archebios the Just Victory-bearer). Two palm branches flanked by two pilei. Below, monogram (visible on reverse: part of legend)

Mint and issuing power

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

Uncertain mint

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Eastern Gandhara

Modern countryModern country: unknown

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Archebius of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 90-80 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. 444.

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