175 BCE - 170 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ
Overstriking coin 2495 - Bactria (uncertain mint).jpg
Overstruck variety Antiochus I Heracles Zeus .jpeg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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CNG, 99, 13 May 2015, 414
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Diademed bust of Demetrios II right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (Greek) Athena standing facing, holding spear and grounded shield. Monogram to left.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 175 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 170 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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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: 16.7416.74 g <br />16,740 mg <br />
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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 />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Beardless head of Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY (Greek) Zeus seated on stool-throne left, holding eagle on outstretched right hand and sceptre in left
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 294 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 281 BCE
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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:
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tetradrachm
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References
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.
- ^ 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,
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Spaer, Arnold - Lorber, Catharine C. (1998), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Israel. I : The Arnold Spaer collection of Seleucid coins, London, Italo Vecchi Ltd., p. 389, pl. 189.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.