2839 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Amyntas) (AE Zeus/Athena) over Heliocles II (Zeus/elephant) (MacDonald coll., 158)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2839

80 BCE - 65 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ NIKΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ | Maharajasa jayadharasa Amitasa (of Great king Amyntas the Victory-bearer)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_2103_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Amyntas).jpg

Overstruck variety

Heliocles_II_Zeus-elephant.jpeg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

2103_Heliocles_II_Zeus-elephant_overstruck_(drawing).png

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ NIKΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Zeus-Mithra right, wearing Phrygian cap, scepter over shoulder.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa jayadharasa Amitasa (of Great king Amyntas the Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Athena standing left, raising right hand, holding spear in left hand, shield slung on back. In lower 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:

Amyntas of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 80-65 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.. 65 BCE

hellenistic 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: 8.638.63 g <br />8,630 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Senior - Mirza 1996, p. 5, MacDonald 2009, p. 208, n° 158., Bopearachchi 2008, p. 260	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 222, type 396., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 303-304 and pl. 47, série 14., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 427.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.amyntas.15

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Greek) Bust of the king or of Zeus right, wearing drapery and diadem (visible on obverse: outline of back and top of head and face to upper lip, legend)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (of Great king Heliokles the Just) (Kharoshthi) Elephant walking left. In exergue, monogram (visible on reverse: traces of elephant, traces of legend).

Mint and issuing power

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

Taxila

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Gandhara

Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan

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

Heliocles II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-80 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 90 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

denomination B

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 165, type 294, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 284 and pl. 42, série 7, HGC 123HGC 12, 384
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.heliocles ii.11

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

a b Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
a b 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,