3308 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Strato I) (AE Apollo/tripod) over Heliocles II (elephant/bull) (Senior 20004, 95)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3308


110 BCE - 85 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ | Maharajasa prakashasa tratarasa Stratasa (of Great King Straton the Illustrious Savior)

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_2101_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Strato_I).png
Overstruck variety
Heliocles_II_elephant-bull.jpeg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
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Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (Greek) Apollo standing facing, holding arrow and leaning on bow set on ground ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Maharajasa prakashasa tratarasa Stratasa (of Great King Straton the Illustrious Savior) (Kharoshthi) Tripod. To left, 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: 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.. 85 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.979.97 g <br />9,970 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Senior 2004a, p. 25-26, n° 95, Senior 2004b, p. 6, n° 6i, pl. I Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 181, type 336, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 264-265 and pl. 37, série 31., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 348
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Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Greek) Elephant walking left (visible on obverse: type and part of legend) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreasa (of the Great King Heliokles the Just) (Kharoshthi) Bull standing right (visible on reverse: type and part of legend)
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : 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. 90 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : denomination B StandardStandard. : Indian (Hoover)
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 166, type 297, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 285, pl. 42, série 9, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 383.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. a b  Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
  2. a b  Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
  3. 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,