2681 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Archebius) (tetradrachm) over Peucolaus (Peucolaus/Zeus) (London, BM, 1972-10-07.2)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2681

75 BCE - 65 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ | Mahārājasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyasa (of The Great King Archebios the Just Victory-bearer)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_2107_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Archebius).jpeg [1]

Overstruck variety

Peucolaus_Zeus.jpeg [2]

Traces of the overstruck variety

2107_Peucolaus_overstruck_(drawing).png

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1972-10-07.2

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Archebius right, wearing diadem and drapery.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mahārājasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyasa (of The Great King Archebios the Just Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Zeus-Mithra standing facing, brandishing thunderbolt and holding long scepter. In left field, monogram. In right field, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

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

Taxila

Ancient regionAncient region.

Gandhara

Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan

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:

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 75 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 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: 9.559.55 g <br />9,550 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Indian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Jenkins 1973, p. 80-81, b and pl. VIII, 3, Mitchiner 1975, p. 208, type 358 b., Bopearachchi 1989, p. 71, n° 16, pl. VI, Bopearachchi 1991, p. 321 and pl. 51, série 4 D, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 258	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 208, type 358., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 321 and pl. 51, série 4., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 433-434.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.archebius.3

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΠΕΥΚΟΛΑΟΥ (Greek) Bust of king wearing diadem (visible on obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mahārājasa dhramikasa tratarasa Piukulaasa (of the Great King Peukolaos the Just Savior) (Kharoshthi) Zeus left, holding scepter (visible on reverse: part of Zeus head)

Mint and issuing power

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

Taxila

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Gandhara

Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 75 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 74 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:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Indian

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 213, type 369, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 309, pl. 48, série 1, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 429
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.peucolaus.1

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

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,