3112 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Menander I) (drachma Menander/Nike) over uncertain type (Künker 226, March 2013, 633)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3112

155 BCE - 130 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ | Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa (of Great king Menander the Savior)

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Künker 226, 11 March 2013, 633

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Menander right, wearing diadem.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa (of Great king Menander the Savior) (Kharosthi) Athena Alkidemos advancing left, brandishing thunderbolt and shield. In left field, monogram?

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Taxila

Ancient regionAncient region.

Gandhara

Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan

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:

Indo-Greek kingdom, Menander I Soter (Indo-Greek king of the Indo-Greek Kingdom, 165/155 -130 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 155 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.432.43 g <br />2,430 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
		StandardStandard.: Indian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 123, type 215., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 232-234 and pl. 28-29, série 13, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 191.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander i.13

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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:

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:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2013), 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 BC to first century, Lancaster-London,