2671 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Strato I) (AE Apollo/tripod) over Heliocles II (Heracles/elephant) (CNG, 106, Sept. 2017, 566)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2671


110 BCE - 85 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ | Maharajasa prakashasa tratarasa Stratasa (of Great King Straton the Illustrious Savior)

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_2100_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Strato_I).jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Lysias_Heracles_elephant.jpeg [2]
Traces of the overstruck variety
2100_Heracles-elephant_overstruck_(drawing).png
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, 106, 13 Sept. 2017, 566
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : W. Pieper Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (Greek) Apollo standing facing, holding arrow and leaning on bow set on ground ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Maharajasa prakashasa tratarasa Stratasa (of Great King Straton the Illustrious Savior) (Kharoshthi) Tripod. To left, 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, Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 110 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.1310.13 g <br />10,130 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Senior 1997, p. 10, Bopearachchi - Pieper 1998, p. 204-205, n. 38, Senior 2004b, p. 6, no. 6ii, pl. 1, Senior 2004a, p. 26, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 256 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 181, type 336., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 264-265 and pl. 37, série 31., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 348
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Heracles right, draped, with club over left shoulder (visible on obverse: part of legend) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Mahārājasa apadihatasa Lisikasa (of The Great King Lysias the Unconquered) (Kharoshthi) Elephant walking right (visible on reverse)
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Indo-Greek kingdom, Lysias Anicetus (Indo-Greek king, c. 130-120 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 130 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 120 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : denomination B StandardStandard. : Indian (Hoover)
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 145, type 266, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 269-70, pl. 39 and 39, série 8, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 245.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. a b  Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
  2. a b  Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
  3. a b  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,