19239 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Menander I) (drachm) over Zoilus I (Zoilus I/Heracles) (CNG 37, March 1996, 825)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 19239


155 BCE - 130 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ | Mahārājasa tratarasa Menaṃdrasa (of the Great King Menander the Savior)

Images
Overstriking coin
2550_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Menander_I).jpg
Overstruck variety
Zoilus_Heracles_drachm.jpeg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group 37, 20 March 1996, 825

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Menander I, diademed and draped, wearing Boeotian helmet covered with animal skin right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Mahārājasa tratarasa Menaṃdrasa (of the Great King Menander the Savior) (Kharosthi) Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
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, 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. 155 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 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: 2.432.43 g <br />2,430 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Indian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 125, type 218, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 235-7, pl. 29 and 20, série 16, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 193
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Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΖΟΙΛΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Zoilus I, diademed and draped right (visible: diademed head, with a narrow loop above it which has to be an S) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Mahārājasa dhramikasa Jhoilasa (of the Great King Zoilos the Just) (Kharosthi) Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing resting right hand on club, lion skin in crook of left arm (visible: hand pointing left, holding a filleted wreath. Monogram: A)
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, Zoilus I Dikaios (Indo-Greek king, c. 130-120 B.)
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 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. : drachma Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Indian
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 140, type 256, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 148-9, pl. 34, série 3, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 218
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: This is clearly a drachm of Zoilos I with diademed bust and standing Herakles, most probably with monogram attributed by Mitchiner to Chach (MIG 256b). This over-strike suggests that Menander and Zoilos did rule concurrently as Mitchiner states, and not consecutively as Bopearachchi has it.

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,