SO 2058 - Bactra over Bactra

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2737

225 - 218 | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘYΔΗΜΟΥ

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Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Private 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 upper field, monogram. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Bactra

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bactria

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:

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. 225 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 218

hellenistic 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: 8.28.2 g <br />8,200 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 17.517.5 mm <br />1.75 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 246, no. 1).

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

O. Bopearachchi1O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 154, pl. 2, series 1., M. H. Mitchiner2M. 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. 51, type 84., 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. 37.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Diodotus right, wearing diadem. Border of dots (visible on obverse: shape of the head, part of diadem and border)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ Zeus standing left, naked, holding aegis on left arm, brandishing thunderbolt. In left field, N, below, eagle (visible on reverse: traces of body, aegidus, legend, N)

Mint and issuing power

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

Bactra

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Bactria

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

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

stater

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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