2757 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Eucratides I (Eucratides I/Dioscuri) (Bopearachchi 2008, 5)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2757

92 BCE - 75 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ | Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (of Great king Heliokles the Just)

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history


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

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Greek) Diademed, draped bust of Zeus right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (of Great king Heliokles the Just) (Kharoshthi) Elephant walking left.

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:

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. 92 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 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: 8.468.46 g <br />8,460 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Bopearachchi - Landes - Sachs 2003, p. 135, n° 102., Bopearachchi 2008, p. 248-249, n° 5	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 165, type 294, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 284 and pl. 42, série 7, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 384.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.heliocles ii.11

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ (Greek) Head of Eucratides right, wearing diadem and Boiotian helmet (visible on reverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mahajarassa Evukratidasa (of Great King Eucratides). (Kharoshthi) Dioscuroi riding right, holding spears and palm branchs (visible on obverse: part of Dioscuroi and 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:

Eucratides I of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 171-145 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 171 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 145 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. 98-9, type 190, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 211-13, pl. 20-21, série 19, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 155.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.eucratides i.22

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	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,