ANABASIS 6 (2015) STUDIA CLASSICA ET ORIENTALIA Aleksei N. Gorin (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) A NEW SELEUKID MINT: SAMARKAND – MARAKANDA Keywords: Marakanda/Afrasiab, Seleukids, Hellenistic coins, Sogdiana, Bactria, An- tiochos χmὁὀg tСἷ ὀumТὅmatТἵ ἶТὅἵὁvἷὄТἷὅ Тὀ ὄἷἵἷὀt вἷaὄὅ aὄἷ ὀumἷὄὁuὅ ἸТὀἶὅ ὁἸ ἘἷllἷὀТὅtТἵ ἵὁТὀὅ Ἰὄὁm ἥὁgἶТaὀaέ ἦСἷв aὄἷ tСἷ ὅuἴjἷἵt ὁἸ a ὅtuἶв ἴв χέ KСέ χtakСὁἶὐСaἷv аСὁ puἴlТὅСἷἶ ἃἁ ὁἸ tСἷὅἷ ἵὁТὀὅ ἶatἷἶ Ἰὄὁm tСἷ ἸὁuὄtС tὁ tСἷ ὅἷἵά ὁὀἶ ἵἷὀtuὄв ἐέἑέμ χlἷбaὀἶἷὄ ὁἸ εaἵἷἶὁὀ, pὄἷ-ἥἷlἷukТἶ gὁvἷὄὀὁὄὅ ὁἸ ἐaktὄТa, ἥἷlἷukТἶ kТὀgὅ (ἥἷlἷukὁὅ Ἑ, χὀtТὁἵСὁὅ Ἑ, aὀἶ χὀtТὁἵСὁὅ ἙἙ), aὀἶ ἕὄaἷἵὁ-ἐaktὄТaὀ kТὀgὅ (DТὁἶὁtὁὅ, DἷmἷtὄТὁὅ Ἑ, EukὄatТἶἷὅ Ἑ, EukὄatТἶἷὅ ἙἙ, χὀtТmaἵСὁὅ Ἑ, aὀἶ ἘἷlТὁklἷὅ Ἑ)έ 1 εὁὅt ὁἸ tСἷ ἵὁТὀὅ ἵὁmἷ Ἰὄὁm tСἷ ὅТtἷ ὁἸ χἸὄaὅТaἴ аСἷὄἷ ἴἷtаἷἷὀ ἀίίἂ aὀἶ ἀίńἀ, tСТὄtв ἵὁТὀὅ аἷὄἷ ἵὁllἷἵtἷἶ Ἰὄὁm tСἷ ὅuὄἸaἵἷέ εὁὄἷὁvἷὄ, ὁὀἷ ἵὁТὀ tСat аaὅ СТtСἷὄtὁ uὀattὄТἴutἷἶ аaὅ Ἰὁuὀἶ Тὀ a ἵultuὄal lἷvἷl Тὀ ὁὀἷ ὁἸ tСἷ ὅtὄatТgὄapСТἵ tὄἷὀἵСἷὅέ χll aὄἷ pὄἷἶὁmТὀaὀtlв ὅmall ἶἷὀὁmТὀatТὁὀὅ ὁἸ ὅТlvἷὄ aὀἶ ἵὁppἷὄέ ἦСἷ ἷaὄlТἷὅt Тὅ a chalkos ὁἸ χlἷбaὀἶἷὄ ὁἸ εaἵἷἶὁὀέ 2 ἠὁtἷаὁὄtСв Тὅ a gὄὁup ὁἸ pὄἷ-ἥἷlἷukТἶ ἵὁТὀὅμ tСὄἷἷ ТmТtatТὁὀὅ ὁἸ χtСἷὀТaὀ ‘ὁаlὅ’ (tаὁ hemidrachms aὀἶ ὁὀἷ hemichalkos) pὄἷὅumaἴlв mТὀtἷἶ ἴв tСἷ gὁvἷὄὀὁὄὅ ὁἸ ἐaktὄТa aὀἶ * Special thanks are due to Jeffrey D. Lerner for editing this article (A.N Gorin). 1 Atakhodjaev 2013. 2 Atakhodjaev 2013, 223, no. 7. A. Kh. Atakhodzhaev raised doubts about the attribution of this specimen to the mintage of Alexander of Macedon proposing that it may have been struck by Antiochos I. Meanwhile, the type of these coins of Alexander is well known, see e.g.: Bellinger 1949, 108, no. 4, pl. I; Bellinger 1963, 29, pl. I. 29. The fact that this type belongs to his coinage is ἶТὄἷἵtlв ТὀἶТἵatἷἶ ἴв tСἷ lἷgἷὀἶμ “[ὁἸ tСἷ kТὀg] χlἷбaὀἶἷὄ” (ǹΛǼΞǹΝǻΡ[ΟΤ])έ ἦСἷ ἶἷἵὄἷaὅἷἶ weight of the coin (according to A. Kh. Atakhodzhaev, referring to a coin from A. Houghtὁὀ’ὅ collection, it is similar to chalkoi of Antiochos I) is due to its state of preservation: the coin is worn or corroded as is visible in its photograph.