3834 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Azes I) (AE Poseidon/Yakshi) over Hippostratus (Zeus/horse) (London, BM, 1859-3-01.82)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3834

58 BCE - 12 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ | Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayasa (Great King, King of Kings Azes the Great)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_2122_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Azes_I)_(AE_Poseidon-Yakshi).png

Overstruck variety

Hippostratos_Zeus-horse.jpeg [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1859-3-01.82
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Brereton collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ (Greek) Poseidon facing, one foot on divinity (river god), holding trident

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayasa (Great King, King of Kings Azes the Great) (Kharoshthi) Yakshi facing, holding sceptre. Inbackground, vines. In 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:

Azes I of Gandhara (Indo-Scythian ruler, c. 58-12 BC), Gandhara (Indo-Greek Kingdom)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 58 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 12 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: 11.5211.52 g <br />11,520 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A
		StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Bopearachchi 1989, p. 77, n° 23, pl. VI, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 261, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1859-0301-82

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 492, type 740, Senior 20012Senior 2001, vol. 2, p. 31-32, n° 77, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 674

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΩΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ (Greek) Zeus-Mithra, seated facing on throne, aureole around head, outstretched right arm (visible on obverse: head of Zeus, legend)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mahārājasa tratarasa Hipustratasa (of the Great King Hippostratos the Savior) (Kharoshthi) Horse standing left, surrounded by bead and reel border. Monogram to left. (nothing visible on reverse)

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:

Hippostratus of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 65-55 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 65 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 55 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 A

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 268, type 449, Bopearachchi 19914Bopearachchi 1991, p. 359, pl. 66, série 10, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 457
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.hippostratus.10

Additional data

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

References

a b Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
^ Senior, Robert C. (2001), Indo-Scythian Coins and History, 4 vol., Lancaster, Penn. ; London, Classical Numismatic Group.
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,
^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.