SO 1894 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Archebius) (AE Zeus/pilei) over Strato I (Apollo/gorytos) (Marshall 1951, pl. 237, 76)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3550

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

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Location/history


	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Taxila (Sk. '26-3, 807; Sq. 84.45' ; stratum V)

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

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	J. Marshall, Taxila, vol. III, Cambridge, 1951, pl. 237, no. 76., R. B. Whitehead, "Chapter 38. Coins", in J. Marshall, Taxila, vol. II, Cambridge, 1951, p. 795-842 (p. 801, no. 76)., Bopearachchi 1989, p. 68-69, n° 14, 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 ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (Greek) Bust of Apollo right (visible on reverse: traces)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mahajarassa tratarasa dhramkasa Stratasa (of the Great King Strato the Illustrious Savior) (Kharoshthi) Quiver and bow in Gorytos (visible on obverse: traces and 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, Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 110 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 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 A/B

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Greek

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 181, type 335, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 265, pl. 37, série 32, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 347.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.strato i.35

Additional data

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