2728 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Archebius) (AE Zeus/pilei) over Epander (elephant/Nike) (Senior 2003, 79)

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

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_2109_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Archebius).png

Overstruck variety

HGC_12, _414_Epander_(elephant-Nike).jpg

Traces of the overstruck variety

2109_elephant-Nike_overstruck_(drawing).png

Location/history

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	Weight in grams: 9.139.13 g <br />9,130 mg <br />	Denomination: denomination A/B
Diameter: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />		Standard: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin reference:	Senior 2003, p. 11, n° 79, Senior 2004b, p. 8, n° 17, pl. 1, 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 NIKHΦOΡOY ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Elephant walking right (visible on obverse: part of legend

Reverse:

Maharajasa jayadharasa Epadrasa (of Great king Epander the Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Nike right holding wreath and palm branch (visible on reverse: part of Nike and legend)

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Taxila

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Gandhara

Modern country: Afghanistan

Authority ^ᵖ:

Epander (Indo-Greek king, c. 80-75 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

Chronology

From 80 BCE to 75 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

denomination A

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.]]2Bopearachchi 1991, p. 306 and pl. 48, série 3, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 12, n° 414.
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.epander.4

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:

References

^ 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,