3490 - Bactria (uncertain mint) (Euthydemus I) (tetradrachm Euthydemus/Heracles) over Diodotus I (Euthydemus/Zeus) (CNG, 58, Sept. 2001, 849)
From SILVER
| ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘYΔΗΜΟΥ
Images
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 Greco-Bactrian 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.: Silver 
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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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic (Bopearachchi, Hoover) | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Bopearachchi 2004, p. 20, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 2, n° 1 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 51-53, type 85 or 89, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 156 and pl. 2-3, series 5, Bopearachchi - Pieper 20043Bopearachchi - Pieper 2004, p. 20, Bopearachchi 20084Bopearachchi 2008, p. 2, n° 1, HGC 125HGC 12, n° 38-44 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head of Euthydemos right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right, ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ to left (Greek) Zeus Bremetes, seen from behind, advancing left, aegis draped over outstretched arm, and brandishing thunderbolt, in inner left field, wreath above eagle standing left, monogram to inner right |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Bactria (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Bactria | Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Diodotus I of Bactria (Seleucid satrap and king in Bactria, c. 255/50-239 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 256 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 225 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 125HGC 12, n° 21-22 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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References
- ^ Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
- ^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
- ^ Bopearachchi, Osmund - Pieper, Wilfried (2004), “Over-struck and double-struck”, News Letter, Oriental Numismatic Society , no. 178, Winter 2004, p. 20.
- ^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (2008), "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs," Revue Numismatique 164, p. 245-268.
- 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,
