80 BCE - 70 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΤΗΛΕΦΟΥ | Maharajasa kalanakramasa Teliphasa (of great king Telephos the Benefactor)
Overstriking coin
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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 ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΤΗΛΕΦΟΥ (Greek) Zeus seated facing 3/4 left, holding scepter and making benediction gesture.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Maharajasa kalanakramasa Teliphasa (of great king Telephos the Benefactor) (Kharoshthi) Male charakter seated on rocks right, naked, branch over shoulder, holding hands over fire or holding a snake (?). In left field, monogram.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 80 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.808.8 g <br />8,800 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)
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References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Bopearachchi 1995, p. 8-9., Bopearachchi 1995b, p. 626-627, pl. 2, n° 16., Bopearachchi - Pieper 1998, p. 211-212., Bopearachchi 2008, p. 252-253, n° 14 and p. 261
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 269, type 453., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 345 and pl. 60, série 3., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 411.
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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 ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Zeus right, wearing diadem, scepter over shoulder (nothing visible on obverse).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Maharajasa dhramikasa jayadharasa Arkhebiyyasa (of Great King Archebios the Just Victory-bearer). (Kharoshthi) Two palm branches flanked by two pilei. Below, monogram (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. 75 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/B
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Indian (Hoover)
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References
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,