3816 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Strato I) (AE Heracles/Nike) over uncertain type (Herbert Grün, 64, Nov. 2014, 1670)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3816

110 BCE - 85 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝ | Maharajasa tratarasa Stratasa (of Great King Strato the Savior)

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Herbert Grün, 64, 20 Nov. 2014, 1670

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝ (Greek) Bust of Herakles right, club over shoulder

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa tratarasa Stratasa (of Great King Strato the Savior) (Kharoshthi) Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm, monogram before

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}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.538.53 g <br />8,530 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B
		StandardStandard.: Indian module

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 180, type 333., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 263, and pl. 37, série 29., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 349
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.strato i.33

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

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