3490 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Euthydemus I) (tetradrachm Euthydemus/Heracles) over Diodotus I (Euthydemus/Zeus) (CNG, 58, Sept. 2001, 849)
From SILVER
| ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘYΔΗΜΟΥ
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Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group 106 (13/09/2017), no. 561 ; Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19/09/2001), no. 849 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Wilfried Pieper Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Euthydemus right, wearing diadem. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘYΔΗΜΟΥ Heracles seated on rock left, holding club. In right field, monogram. Border of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | 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: | Euthydemus I of Bactria (satrap of Sogdiana and Indo-Greek king, c. 230-c. 200 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: 16.2616.26 g <br />16,260 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm 
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 12 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.: Attic (Bopearachchi, Hoover) | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | O. Bopearachchi and W. Pieper, "Over-struck and double-struck", News Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society 178 (2004), p. 20. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. Bopearachchi1O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 156 and pl. 2-3, series 5., M. H. Mitchiner2M. H. Mitchiner, Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, vol. 2. The Apogee of Indo-Greeks: circa 160 to 120 BC, London, 1975, p. 51-53, type 85 or 89., 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. 40. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of king right, wearing diadem (visible on obverse: profile) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Nothing visible on reverse |
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: | Diodotus I of Bactria (Seleucid satrap and Indo-Greek king in Bactria, c. 255/50-239 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. 19. |
Additional data
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