Æ Chalkous - Zoilos II
Features
| Issuer |
Kings of Baktria
 |
|---|---|
| Król |
Zoilos II (Ζωΐλος Σωτήρ) (55 BC - 35 BC)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 55 BC - 35 BC |
| Value | Chalkon (1⁄48) |
| Currency | Drachm (305-15BC) |
| Composition | Brąz |
| Weight | 1.54 g |
| Size | 14 × 13 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Prostokątny (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 400132 |
| References | MIG# 466 Michael Mitchiner. Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage. Hawkins Publications, London, United Kingdom (9 volumes). Osmund Bopearachchi; 1991. Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques = Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek coins. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France. Oliver D. Hoover; 2013. Handbook of Coins of Baktria and Ancient India / Volume 12: 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 AD. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
(en) Apollo standing three-quarters right, holding bow, monogram at left, bead and reel border around.
Reverse
(en) Elephant standing right, Kharoshthi letters above,
Kharoshthi legend around: (maharajasa tratarasa) / jhoilasa
Script: Kharoszthi (gāndhārī)
Comments
(en)
Bopearachchi describes this type as having a circular flan, but all his (and Mitchiner's) illustrated examples are of ambiguous shape. This coin clearly started out as square, with a legend in a rectangular arrangement, so I would suggest that the type was intended to be rectangular, as was the double unit shown above.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (55 BC - 35 BC) | |||||||||||||||
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