2750 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Strato I (Heracles/Nike) (V coins store, March 2018)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 2750

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

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_2075_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Heliocles_II).jpg

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	V coins store, 29 March 2018

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 91 BCE to 75 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze		Denomination: denomination B
		Standard: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin reference:		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:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΟΝΟΣ (Greek) Bust of Heracles right, club over shoulder

Reverse:

Maharajasa tratarasa Stratasa (of Great King Stato the Savior) (Kharoshthi) Nike right, holding wreath and palm. In field, monogram (visible in reverse: arm)

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Taxila

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Gandhara

Modern country: Afghanistan

Authority ^ᵖ:

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. 180, type 333, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Bopearachchi 1991, p. 263, pl. 37, série 29, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 12, n° 349
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.strato i.33

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,