Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 420 Numistats ref: 672910
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Oriental Greek
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Pentadrachm (34mm, 21.12 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right / BAΣIΛEΩΣ above, EYKPATIΔOY in exergue, the Dioskouroi, holding couched spears in right hand, palm fronds in left, on horses rearing right; E above horse’s rump; monogram in lower right field. Zeng, Brief, Fig. 3 (same dies); Bopearachchi –, but cf. 2E (drachm); Bopearachchi & Rahman –; Qunduz –, but cf. 115-6 (tetradrachm with different control); SNG ANS –, but cf. 434-5 (same) and 442 (drachm); HGC 12, –. In NGC encapsulation 6675146-001, graded Choice AU★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Obverse struck with tetradrachm die. Second known example with these controls, and the fifth known of this denomination.
Ex Roma XXIX (9 November 2023), lot 245 (hammer £85,000); Roma XXV (22 September 2022), lot 571.
In late 2019, a large hoard of coins was reportedly discovered in Qunduz, the same area where a large hoard of similar coins was found in 1946 (Zeng, p. 3). According to its composition, this new hoard contained, in addition to already known issues and types, several previously unknown coins. It included five coins of Eukratides I that combined monograms with Greek letters on their reverse. The four larger denominations by weight have the letter E, and the smaller one a Г. Previously known coins of Eukratides I with the combined reverse monogram and Greek letter included a larger one with the letter Δ, and a smaller one with the letter A. In his 1991 catalog of the coins of Baktria, Bopearachchi hypothesized that these letters represented alphanumeric letters, indicating the denomination of that coin (pp. 66-72). The five new coins recorded in the hoard support this hypothesis: the four coins with the letter E being pentadrachms and the one with the Г a tridrachm. Including the present coin (as well as a previously misattributed tridrachm [see CNG E-409, lot 334]), these new issues help with understanding this coinage.
Bopearachchi assigned the tetradrachms of this type to his Série 1 and the drachms to Série 2. These are included with other issues of the same type, but without the additional Greek letter. The inclusion of the newly discovered pentadrachms and tridrachms suggests a revision of his original schema, with these new coins suggesting a compact issue early in his reign when his coinages lacked the reverse epithet MEГAΛOY. The denominations occur across three controls (}, à, and R), suggesting a broad minting of this type, rather than a special issue relegated to one or two mints. Why this system was instituted, and when it ceased (with the pentadrachms and tridrachms disappearing completely), is less clear and requires further study. Descripción
Ex Roma XXIX (9 November 2023), lot 245 (hammer £85,000); Roma XXV (22 September 2022), lot 571.
In late 2019, a large hoard of coins was reportedly discovered in Qunduz, the same area where a large hoard of similar coins was found in 1946 (Zeng, p. 3). According to its composition, this new hoard contained, in addition to already known issues and types, several previously unknown coins. It included five coins of Eukratides I that combined monograms with Greek letters on their reverse. The four larger denominations by weight have the letter E, and the smaller one a Г. Previously known coins of Eukratides I with the combined reverse monogram and Greek letter included a larger one with the letter Δ, and a smaller one with the letter A. In his 1991 catalog of the coins of Baktria, Bopearachchi hypothesized that these letters represented alphanumeric letters, indicating the denomination of that coin (pp. 66-72). The five new coins recorded in the hoard support this hypothesis: the four coins with the letter E being pentadrachms and the one with the Г a tridrachm. Including the present coin (as well as a previously misattributed tridrachm [see CNG E-409, lot 334]), these new issues help with understanding this coinage.
Bopearachchi assigned the tetradrachms of this type to his Série 1 and the drachms to Série 2. These are included with other issues of the same type, but without the additional Greek letter. The inclusion of the newly discovered pentadrachms and tridrachms suggests a revision of his original schema, with these new coins suggesting a compact issue early in his reign when his coinages lacked the reverse epithet MEГAΛOY. The denominations occur across three controls (}, à, and R), suggesting a broad minting of this type, rather than a special issue relegated to one or two mints. Why this system was instituted, and when it ceased (with the pentadrachms and tridrachms disappearing completely), is less clear and requires further study. Descripción
BC
Conservación
28762.52 EUR
Salida
47937.54 EUR
Estimado
EUR
Realizado