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|Museum collection=London, British Museum, 1888,1208.158
|Image overstriking coin=SO_2113_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Eucratides_I).jpeg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1888-1208-158
|Image overstruck variety=Apollodotus_I_Apollo-tripod_posthumous.png
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.apollodotus_i.7
|Museum collection=London, British Museum, 1888-12-08.158
|Private collection=A. Cunningham collection
|Private collection=A. Cunningham collection
|Obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜEΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ
|Obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜEΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ
|Obverse legend language=Greek
|Obverse description=Bust of Eucratides right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet and diadem
|Obverse description=Bust of Eucratides right, wearing horned Boiotian helmet and diadem
|Reverse legend=Kavisiye nagara devata (Kharoshthi ; ie. "city godess of Kapisa")
|Reverse legend=Kavisiye nagara devata (city godess of Kapisa)
|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=Kapisa-Bergam
|Ancient region=Gandhara
|Authority=Eucratides I of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, 171-145 BC) - pretended authority (posthumous imitation)
|Authority=Eucratides I of Bactria (Greco-Bactrian king, 171-145 BC); Indo-Greek kingdom
|Date from=55
|Date from=55 BCE
|Date to=50
|Date to=50 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=4.04
|Weight=4.04
|Denomination=denomination C
|Standard=Indian (Hoover)
|Standard=Indian (Hoover)
|Coin reference=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 reference=Bopearachchi 1989, p. 51-53, n° 1, pl. V ; Bopearachchi 2008, p. 260
|Coin series reference=O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 216 and pl. 22, series 24. ; M. 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. 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.
|Coin series reference=Mitchiner 1975, p. 100, type 194. ; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 216 and pl. 22, série 24. ; HGC 12, n° 160.
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.eucratides_i.28
|Overstruck obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ
|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck obverse description=Apollo standing facing, holding arrow (visible on obverse)
|Overstruck obverse description=Apollo standing facing, holding arrow (visible on obverse)
|Overstruck reverse legend=Maharajasa Apaladatasa tratarasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great King Apollodotos the Savior)
|Overstruck reverse legend=Maharajasa Apaladatasa tratarasa (of Great King Apollodotos the Savior)
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Kharoshthi
|Overstruck reverse description=Tripod (visible on reverse: legend)
|Overstruck reverse description=Tripod (visible on reverse: legend)
|Overstruck authority=Apollodotus I Soter (Indo-Greek king, c. 180-160 BC or 174-165 BC)
|Overstruck mint=Taxila
|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. 120-123.
|Overstruck ancient region=Gandhara
|Overstruck authority=Apollodotus I Soter (Indo-Greek king, c. 174-165 BC); Indo-Greek kingdom
|Overstruck date from=80 BCE
|Overstruck date to=75 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=denomination C
|Overstruck standard=Indian
|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
}}
}}

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 3154


55 BCE - 50 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜEΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ | Kavisiye nagara devata (city godess of Kapisa)

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_2113_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Eucratides_I).jpeg [1]
Overstruck variety
Apollodotus_I_Apollo-tripod_posthumous.png [2]
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.: Ancient regionAncient region. Gandhara 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 (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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org 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 Nomisma.org 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: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

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

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