2693 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Archebius) (AE Zeus/pilei) over Zoilus I (Heracles/club-bow) (Bopearachchi 1989, 15)

75 BCE - 65 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ | Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyasa (of Great king Archebius the Just Victory-bearer)

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

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Location/history

Museum collection:	Lahore Museum
Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	G. B. Bleazby collection

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Zeus right, scepter over shoulder.

Reverse:

Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyasa (of Great king Archebius the Just Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Piloi and palms.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Taxila

Ancient region

Gandhara

Modern country: Afghanistan

Authority:

Archebius of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 75-65 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

Chronology

From 75 BCE to 65 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze		Denomination: denomination A/B
		Standard: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin reference:	Whitehead 1914, p. 39, n° 230, pl. IV., Bopearachchi 1989, p. 69-70, n° 15, pl. V, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 258	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Mitchiner 1975, p. 211, type 365, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Bopearachchi 1991, p. 324 and pl. 52, série 13, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 12, n° 444.
Coin series web reference:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.archebius.18

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΖΟΙΛΟΥ (Greek) Head of Heracles right, wearing lion's scalp (visible on obverse: traces)

Reverse:

Mahārājasa dhramikasa Jhoilasa (of the Great King Zoilos the Just) (Kharoshthi) Bow, quiver and club in ivy leaf (visible on reverse: part of legend)

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Taxila

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Gandhara

Modern country: Afghanistan

Authority ^ᵖ:

Indo-Greek kingdom, Zoilus I Dikaios (Indo-Greek king, c. 130-120 B.)

Chronology

From 145 BCE to 130 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

denomination B

Standard ^ᵖ:

Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Mitchiner 1975, p. 141, type 258, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Bopearachchi 1991, p. 250, pl. 34, série 6, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 12, n° 221
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.zoilus i.6

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidence:	strong
Remarks:

References

a b Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
a b Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
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,