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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2754

185 BCE - 132 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ΑPΣΑΚΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

CNG_105,_472.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Ref_eukratides.png [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, 105, 04 May, 2017, 472
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Nisa Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head left, wearing bashlyk, torque and cloak.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ΑPΣΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow

Mint and issuing power

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

Hecatompylos

Ancient regionAncient region.

Hyrcania

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:

Mithridates I (king of the Parthian Empire, 171-132 BC), Parthian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 185 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 132 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 0.660.66 g <br />660 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: obol	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).: 1414 mm <br />1.4 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Sellwoo 19801Sellwoo 1980, n°9.7 var. (Mithradates I, legend not retrograde)2legend not retrograde), B. R. Nelson3B. R. Nelson, Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster, 2011, no. 253 (same dies), Ch. Fröhlich4Ch. Fröhlich, Monnaies indo-scythes et indo-parthes du département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques. Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2008,

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ (Greek) Two pilei with stars, palms to right of each

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:

Eucratides I of Bactria (Greco-Bactrian king, 171-145 BC), Bactrian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 171 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 139 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

obol

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

[[3]]5https://numismatics.org/collection/1995.51.310?lang=fr

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an obol of Eukratides I of Baktria"

References

^ Sellwoo 1980
^ legend not retrograde)
^ B. R. Nelson
^ Ch. Fröhlich
^ https://numismatics.org/collection/1995.51.310?lang=fr

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 {{Overstrike
-|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group 105 (04/05/2017), no. 472
+|Image overstriking coin=CNG_105,_472.jpg
+|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3773633
+|Image overstruck variety=Ref_eukratides.png
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://numismatics.org/collection/1995.51.310?lang=fr
+|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, 105, 04 May, 2017, 472
 |Private collection=Nisa Collection
 |Obverse description=Head left, wearing bashlyk, torque and cloak.
 |Reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ΑPΣΑΚΟΥ
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow
 |Mint=Hecatompylos
 |Ancient region=Hyrcania
-|Authority=Mithridates I (king of the Parthian Empire, 171-132 BC) ; Arsaces I (king of Parthia, founder of the Arsacid dynasty, 247-217 BC) - pretended authority
+|Authority=Mithridates I (king of the Parthian Empire, 171-132 BC); Parthian Empire
-|Date from=185
+|Date from=185 BCE
-|Date to=132
+|Date to=132 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=0.66
 |Diameter=14
-|Axis=12 h
+|Axis=12
 |Denomination=obol
-|Coin series reference=D. Sellwood, An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, London, 1980, no. 9.7 var. (Mithradates I; legend not retrograde);B. R. Nelson, Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster, 2011, no. 253 (same dies);Ch. Fröhlich, Monnaies indo-scythes et indo-parthes du département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques. Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2008,
+|Coin series reference=Sellwoo 1980, n°9.7 var. (Mithradates I; legend not retrograde); B. R. Nelson, Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster, 2011, no. 253 (same dies);Ch. Fröhlich, Monnaies indo-scythes et indo-parthes du département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques. Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2008,
-|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Eucratides right (visible on obverse)
+|Overstruck obverse description=Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
-|Overstruck authority=Eucratides I of Bactria (Greco-Bactrian king, 171-145 BC)
+|Overstruck reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck reverse description=Two pilei with stars, palms to right of each
+|Overstruck mint=Bactria (uncertain mint)
+|Overstruck ancient region=Bactria
+|Overstruck authority=Eucratides I of Bactria (Greco-Bactrian king, 171-145 BC); Bactrian kingdom
+|Overstruck date from=171 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=139 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
 |Overstruck denomination=obol
+|Coin series reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/collection/1995.51.310?lang=fr
+|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks="Overstruck on an obol of Eukratides I of Baktria"
 }}