2692 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (London, BM, 1888-12-8.268)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 2692

90 BCE - 75 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ | Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (of Great king Heliokles the Just)

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collection:	London, British Museum, 1888-12-08.268
Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Al. Cunningham collection

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Greek) Diademed, draped bust of Zeus right.

Reverse:

Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (of Great king Heliokles the Just) (Kharoshthi) Elephant walking left. In exergue, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Taxila

Ancient region

Gandhara

Modern country: Afghanistan

Authority:

Heliocles II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-80 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

Chronology

From 90 BCE to 75 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 6.816.81 g <br />6,810 mg <br />	Denomination: denomination B
		Standard: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin reference:	Bopearachchi 1989, p. 56, n° 3, pl. V, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 259	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Mitchiner 1975, p. 165, type 294, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Bopearachchi 1991, p. 284 and pl. 42, série 7, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 12, n° 384.
Coin series web reference:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.heliocles ii.11

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΡΟΠΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΙΑΣ (Greek) Head of Athena right (visible on obverse: profil)

Reverse:

Mahajarassa tratarasa dhramkasa Stratasa (of the Great King Strato the Just Savior) (Kharoshthi) Heracles seated left on rock, holding club. In field, monogram (visible on reverse: part of legend)

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Taxila

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Gandhara

Modern country: Afghanistan

Authority ^ᵖ:

Agathocleia Theotropos (Indo-Greek queen, 2nd century BC), Indo-Greek kingdom, Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 BC)

Chronology

From 110 BCE to 100 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

denomination B

Standard ^ᵖ:

Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Mitchiner 1975, p. 170, type 307, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Bopearachchi 1991, p. 251, pl. 34, série 3, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 12, n° 317.
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.agathocleia strato i.3

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:	strong
Remarks:

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,