SO 2060 - Bactra over uncertain mint
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145 - 130 | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen, no. 1875 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Prokesch-Osten collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bust of Heliocles right, wearing diadem. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ Zeus standing facing, holding thunderbolt and scepter. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Bactra | Ancient regionAncient region. | Modern countryModern country: | 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: | Heliocles I of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 145-130 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 145 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 | hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.922.92 g <br />2,920 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachm | |
| StandardStandard.: Attic (Hoover) | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | O. Bopearachchi, "Monnaies indo-grecques surfrappées", Revue Numismatique 6/31 (1989), p. 49-79 (p. 53-55, no. 2, pl. V), A. von Sallet,"Die Nachfolger Alexanders d. Gr. in Baktrien und Indien: Fortsetzung", Zeitschrift für Numismatik 6 (1879), p. 271-411 and pl. 4-10 (p. 302), O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 255). | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. Bopearachchi1O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 224 and pl. 26, series 2., M. H. Mitchiner2M. H. Mitchiner, Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, vol. 2. The Apogee of Indo-Greeks: circa 160 to 120 BC, London, 1975, p. 161, type 285., O. D. Hoover3O. D. Hoover, 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 Centuries BC to First Century AD - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 12, Lancaster-London, 2013, no. 171 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of king (nothing visible on reverse) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ Apollo seating, holding arrow or Zeus seated (visible on obverse: part of legend) |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Demetrius II Nicator (Seleucid king, 145-140 and 129-125 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | A. Houghton4A. Houghton, Coins of the Seleucid Empire from the Collection of Arthur Houghton, New York, 1983, no. 1009, 1011-1012 (Seleucia of Tigra), 576 (unknown mint in Cilicia) or 874-875 (unknown mint in Phoenicia) |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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