CitedEvidence
User Settings

Hellenistic Coins from Kampÿrtepa

Ė. V. Rtveladze,Alexeï N. Gorin-2015-07-20-Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia
0

TL;DRAbstract

The article is concerned with Seleucid and Graeco-Bactrian coins found in the excavations at Kampÿrtepa, carried out by the Tokharistan archaeological expedition of the Fine Arts Research Institute during the years 1979-1991 and 1999-2010. In all, 30 coins of interest have been found there: 2 coins of the Seleucid king Antiochus i and 28 of the Graeco-Bactrian rulers, including coins of Diodotus, Euthydemus i , Demetrius i , Euthydemus ii , and Eucratides i . Most of the coin finds were small-denomination bronzes. Two more unique coins of an unknown type were uncovered at Kampÿrtepa: the legend on one of them contains the name Heliocles [ iii ]. In addition, three rare imitations of Demetrius i and Eucratides coins are presented in this paper.

Chat with Paper

AI Agents for this Paper

The article is concerned with Seleucid and Graeco-Bactrian coins found in the excavations at Kampÿrtepa, carried out by the Tokharistan archaeological expedition of the Fine Arts Research Institute during the years 1979-1991 and 1999-2010. In all, 30 coins of interest have been found there: 2 coins of the Seleucid king Antiochus i and 28 of the Graeco-Bactrian rulers, including coins of Diodotus, Euthydemus i , Demetrius i , Euthydemus ii , and Eucratides i . Most of the coin finds were small-denomination bronzes. Two more unique coins of an unknown type were uncovered at Kampÿrtepa: the legend on one of them contains the name Heliocles [ iii ]. In addition, three rare imitations of Demetrius i and Eucratides coins are presented in this paper.

Keywords

LegendAncient historyArtNumismaticsArchaeologyHistoryClassics

Chat

Click to start Chat