2766 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Epander) (AE elephant/Nike) over Strato I (Apollo/tripod) (Mitchiner 1978, 1918)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2766


80 BCE - 75 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ NIKHΦOΡOY ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ | Maharajasa jayadharasa Epadrasa (of Great king Epander the Victory-bearer)

Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Strato_I_Apollo_tripod.jpeg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
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Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: New York, American Numismatic Society, 790
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : E. T. Newell collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ NIKHΦOΡOY ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Elephant walking right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Maharajasa jayadharasa Epadrasa (of Great king Epander the Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Nike right holding wreath and palm branch.
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: Epander (Indo-Greek king, c. 80-75 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 80 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 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 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A
StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Mitchiner 1978, p. 284, n° 1918., Bopearachchi 1989, p. 65-67, n° 13, pl. V, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 256 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Bopearachchi 19911Bopearachchi 1991, p. 306 and pl. 48, série 3., HGC 122HGC 12, n° 414.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (Greek) Apollo standing facing, holding arrow and grounded bow(visible on obverse: part of legend) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Mahārājasa pracachasa tratarasa Stratasa (of the Great King Strato the Illustrious Savior) (Kharoshthi) Tripod (visible on reverse)
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 A/B StandardStandard. : Indian (Hoover)
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Mitchiner 19753Mitchiner 1975, p. 181, type 336, Bopearachchi 19894Bopearachchi 1989, p. 264-5, pl. 37, série 31, HGC 122HGC 12, n° 348.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
  2. 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,
  3. ^  Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
  4. ^  Bopearachchi, Osmund (1989), "Monnaies indo-grecques surfrappées," Revue Numismatique 6 (31), p. 49-79.