3123 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Amyntas) (AE Zeus/Athena) over Epander (Nike/bull) (CNG, MBS 64, Sept. 2003, 551)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 3123

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

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_2104_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Amyntas).jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, 551

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

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

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: 9.569.56 g <br />9,560 mg <br />	Denomination: denomination B
Diameter: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />		Standard: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin reference:	Bopearachchi 2008, p. 258-259	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. 222, type 397., "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Bopearachchi 1991, p. 304 and pl. 47, série 15., "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 12, n° 428.
Coin series web reference:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.amyntas.16

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Nike walking right, holding wreath in outstretched right hand, palm branch in left. Visible: traces of legend

Reverse:

Maharajasa jayadharasa Epandrasa (of the Great King Epander the Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Bull standing right. Visible: traces of legend

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Taxila

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Gandhara

Modern country: Afghanistan

Authority ^ᵖ:

Epander (Indo-Greek king, c. 80-75 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

Chronology

From 80 BCE to 75 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

denomination A

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. 168, type 302, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Bopearachchi 1991, p. 305, pl. 48, série 2, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 12, n° 413.
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.epander.3

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	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,