3368 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Strato I (Heracles/Nike) (CNG, 72, June 2006, 1046)

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

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_2094_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Heliocles_II).jpg
Overstruck variety
Strato_I_Heracles_Nike_2.jpeg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, 72, 14 June 2006, 1046

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), Menander I Soter (Indo-Greek king of the Indo-Greek Kingdom, 165/155 -130 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 91 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 Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.019.01 g <br />9,010 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: 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.
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Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (Greek) Head of bearded Heracles, club over his left shoulder right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Mahārājasa tratarasa dhramikasa Stratasa (of the Great King Strato the Just Savior) (Kharoshthi) Nike standing right, holding wreath in outstretched right arm, palm branch in left
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. : 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
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. 180, type 334, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 264, pl. 37, série 30, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 350.
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: strong
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,