80 BCE - 75 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ NIKHΦOΡOY ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ | Maharajasa jayadharasa Epadrasa (of Great king Epander the Victory-bearer)
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 NIKHΦOΡOY ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Elephant walking right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Maharajasa jayadharasa Epadrasa (of Great king Epander the Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Nike right holding wreath and palm branch.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Taxila
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Gandhara
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Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan
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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:
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Epander (Indo-Greek king, c. 80-75 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom
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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
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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.: Bronze
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A
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StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Mitchiner 1978, p. 284, n° 1918., Bopearachchi 1989, p. 65-67, n° 13, pl. V, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 256
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Bopearachchi 19911Bopearachchi 1991, p. 306 and pl. 48, série 3., HGC 122HGC 12, n° 414.
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| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (Greek) Apollo standing facing, holding arrow and grounded bow(visible on obverse: part of legend)
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mahārājasa pracachasa tratarasa Stratasa (of the Great King Strato the Illustrious Savior) (Kharoshthi) Tripod (visible on reverse)
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Mint and issuing power
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
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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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denomination A/B
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Indian (Hoover)
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References
References
- ^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
- 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,
- ^ Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
- ^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (1989), "Monnaies indo-grecques surfrappées," Revue Numismatique 6 (31), p. 49-79.
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