2824 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Antialcidas (Zeus/pilei) (London, BM, 1888-12-08.175)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2824

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

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_2095_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Heliocles_II)_(AE_Zeus-elephant)_over_Antialcidas_(Zeus-pilei).jpeg [1]

Overstruck variety

Antialkidas_pilei.jpeg [2]

Traces of the overstruck variety

SO 2095 - Gandhara-Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II).png

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1888-12-08.175

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

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

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 92 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 BCE

hellenistic 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: 7.807.8 g <br />7,800 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B
		StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Kirkpatrick 1975, p. 98, Mitchiner 1975, p. 165, n° 294f., Bopearachchi 1989, p. 59-60, n° 9, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 260	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 165, type 294., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 284 and pl. 42, série 7., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 384.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.heliocles ii.11

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΑΛΚΙΔΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Zeus (visible on reverse: part of legend)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mahārājasa jayadharasa Aṃtialikidasa (of the Great King Antiakidas the Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Pileus and palms (visible on obverse)

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:

Antialcidas Nikephoros (Indo-Greek king, c. 115-95 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

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. 151, type 280., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 278, pl. 41, série 17, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 263.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.antialcidas.23

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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,