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

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 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) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, 106, 13 Sept. 2017, 566
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	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}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	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:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.strato i.36

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. ^ᵖ:

Taxila

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Gandhara

Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

denomination B

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	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:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.lysias.15

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

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