55 BCE - 35 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΖΩΙΛΟΥ | Maharajasa tratarasa Jhoilasa (of Great King Zoilos the Savior)
Overstruck variety
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Traces of the overstruck variety
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΖΩΙΛΟΥ (Greek) Apollo right, wearing coat, holding arrow. In left field, elephant.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Maharajasa tratarasa Jhoilasa (of Great King Zoilos the Savior) (Kharosthi) Tripod. In left field, letter. In right field, letter.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 55 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 35 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.: Bronze
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination AA
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StandardStandard.: Greek module
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References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Whitehead 1923, p. 308-309, Mitchiner 1975, type 462 b, Bopearachchi 1989, p. 74-75, n° 20, pl. VI, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 261.
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 275, type 462, Bopearachchi 19892Bopearachchi 1989, p. 74-75, n° 20, pl. VI, Bopearachchi 19913Bopearachchi 1991, p. 366 and pl. 68, série 5, Bopearachchi 20084Bopearachchi 2008, p. 261, HGC 125HGC 12, n° 468
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Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΩΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ (Greek) Apollo (visible on obverse: part of legend)
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Maharajasa tratarasa Apaladatasa (of the Great King Apollodotus the Savior) (Kharosthi) Tripod (visible on reverse: part of legend)
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 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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denomination A
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Greek module
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References
References
- a b Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
- ^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (1989), "Monnaies indo-grecques surfrappées," Revue Numismatique 6 (31), p. 49-79.
- a b Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
- ^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (2008), "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs," Revue Numismatique 164, p. 245-268.
- 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,