155 BCE - 130 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ | Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa (of Great King Menander the Savior)
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Menander I, diademed and draped right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa (of Great King Menander the Savior) (Kharosthi) Athena Promachos standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand. Monograms.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 155 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.819.81 g <br />9,810 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Indian
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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MacDonald 2009,p. 200, n° 148, Senior 1996, p. 12
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, type 214, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 232, série 12A, Senior 2004a3Senior 2004a, p. 7, n° 1, HGC 124HGC 12, n° 181
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΖΟΙΛΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Zoilus I, diademed and draped right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Maharajasa dhramikasa Jhoilasa (of Great King Zoilos the Just) (Kharosthi) Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing resting right hand on club, lion skin in crook of left arm. Monogram in left field.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 145 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Indian
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References
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.
- ^ Senior, Robert C. (2004), "A Few more rare Indian ancient coins. 95) An important Indo-Greek overstrike", Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 179 (spring), Suppl. p. 24-26.
- 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,
- ^ Senior, Robert C. (2004), "The Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian king sequences in the second and first centuries BC", Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 179 (spring), Suppl. p. 1-24.
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