2839 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Amyntas) (AE Zeus/Athena) over Heliocles II (Zeus/elephant) (MacDonald coll., 158)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 2839

80 BCE - 65 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ NIKΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ | Maharajasa jayadharasa Amitasa (of Great king Amyntas the Victory-bearer)

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

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Location/history


Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ NIKΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Zeus-Mithra right, wearing Phrygian cap, scepter over shoulder.

Reverse:

Maharajasa jayadharasa Amitasa (of Great king Amyntas the Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Athena standing left, raising right hand, holding spear in left hand, shield slung on back. In lower left field, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Taxila

Ancient region

Gandhara

Modern country: Afghanistan

Authority:

Amyntas of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 80-65 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

Chronology

From 80 BCE to 65 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 8.638.63 g <br />8,630 mg <br />	Denomination: denomination B	Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />		Standard: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin reference:	Senior - Mirza 1996, p. 5, MacDonald 2009, p. 208, n° 158., Bopearachchi 2008, p. 260	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. 222, type 396., "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Bopearachchi 1991, p. 303-304 and pl. 47, série 14., "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 12, n° 427.
Coin series web reference:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.amyntas.15

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Greek) Bust of the king or of Zeus right, wearing drapery and diadem (visible on obverse: outline of back and top of head and face to upper lip, legend)

Reverse:

Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (of Great king Heliokles the Just) (Kharoshthi) Elephant walking left. In exergue, monogram (visible on reverse: traces of elephant, traces of legend).

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Taxila

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Gandhara

Modern country: Afghanistan

Authority ^ᵖ:

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

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. 165, type 294, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" 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 overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 12, 384
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.heliocles ii.11

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidence:	sure
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,