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

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2693

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

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Traces of the overstruck variety

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Location/history

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

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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

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.: Bronze		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B
		StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Whitehead 1914, p. 39, n° 230, pl. IV., Bopearachchi 1989, p. 69-70, n° 15, pl. V, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 258	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 211, type 365, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 324 and pl. 52, série 13, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 444.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.archebius.18

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the 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

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 145 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 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:

denomination B

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 141, type 258, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 250, pl. 34, série 6, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 221
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.zoilus i.6

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
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,