2744 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Agathocleia/Strato I) (AE Athena/Heracles) over Diomedes (Dioscuri/bull) (Bopearachchi 2008, 3)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2744

110 BCE - 100 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΡΟΠΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΙΑΣ | Maharajasa tratarasa dhramikasa Stratasa (of Great King Straton the Just Savior)

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

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Traces of the overstruck variety

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Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Muhammad Riaz Babar	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Hoard: Pandayale 2000

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΡΟΠΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΙΑΣ (Greek) Head of Athena right, wearing a crested Boiotian helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa tratarasa dhramikasa Stratasa (of Great King Straton the Just Savior) (Kharoshthi) Heracles seated on rock left, holding club. In inner right 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:

Agathocleia Theotropos (Indo-Greek queen, 2nd century BC), 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.. 100 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: 8.638.63 g <br />8,630 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Indian module

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Bopearachchi 2002, p. 13-14., Bopearachchi 2008, p. 247, n° 3	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 170, type 307., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 251 and pl. 34, série 3., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 317.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.agathocleia strato i.3

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥ (Greek) Dioscuroi standing facing, holding spears (visible on reverse: traces of Dioscuroi and legend)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa tratarasa Diyumitasa (of Great king Diomedes the Savior) (Kharoshthi) Bull standing right. Below, monogram (visible on obverse: back part and legend)

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:

Diomedes Soter (Indo-Greek king, c. 115-105 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 115 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 105 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 module

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 205, type 354, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 298, pl. 45, série 10, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 286.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.diomedes.11

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	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,