2636 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Menander I) (AE bull/tripod) over Menander I (Menander I/dolphin) (Triton, VIII, Jan. 2005, 658)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2636


155 BCE - 130 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ | Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa (of Great king Menander the Savior)

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 2063.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Menander I dolphin.jpeg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Triton 8, 11 Jan. 2005, 658

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Head of bull facing. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa (of Great king Menander the Savior) (Kharosthi) Tripod. In left field, 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, 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: 19.7219.72 g <br />19,720 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: chalkoi AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Indian module
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 131, type 233, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 243 and pl. 32, série 29., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 198.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Menander I, diademed and draped right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Mahārājasa tratarasa menaṃdrasa (of the Great King Menander the Savior) (Kharosthi) Dolphin swimming right
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, 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
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : oktochalkon StandardStandard. : Indian module
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 130, type 232, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 241, pl. 31, série 25, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 194.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on a Bopearachchi Série 25 Æ of Menander"

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,