SO 1895 - Uncertain mint under Menander I Soter over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2699

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ | Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa (Kharoshthi: ie. of Great king Menander the Savior)

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group 37 (20/03/1996), no. 825

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ Bust of Menander right, wearing diadem, Boiotian helmet and drapery around neck.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa (Kharoshthi: ie. of Great king Menander the Savior) Athena Alkidemos advancing left, brandishing thunderbolt and shield. In right field, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region.

Modern countryModern country:

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:

Menander I Soter (Indo-Greek king, c. 165/155-130 BC)

Chronology

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Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.432.43 g <br />2,430 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 256).

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

O. Bopearachchi1O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 235-237 and pl. 29-30, series 16., M. H. Mitchiner2M. H. Mitchiner, Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, vol. 2. The Apogee of Indo-Greeks: circa 160 to 120 BC, London, 1975, p. 125, type 218., O. D. Hoover3O. D. Hoover, 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 Centuries BC to First Century AD - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 12, Lancaster-London, 2013, no. 193.

Overstruck type

Description

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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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Chronology

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periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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