3050 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Strato I) (AE Heracles/Nike) over Diomedes (Dioscuri/bull) (CNG, MBS 60, May 2002, 1118)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3050

110 BCE - 85 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ | Maharajasa tratarasa Stratasa (of Great King Strato the Savior)

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Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 60, 22 May 2002, 1118
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Private collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (Greek) Bust of Heracles right, club over shoulder.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa tratarasa Stratasa (of Great King Strato the Savior) (Kharoshthi) Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm. In right 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:

Indo-Greek kingdom, Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 BC)

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

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: 8.158.15 g <br />8,150 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Indian module

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Senior 2004b, p. 6, n° 5, pl. 1, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 248, n° 4	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 180, type 333, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 263, and pl. 37, série 29., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 349
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.strato i.33

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥ (Greek) Dioscuroi standing facing, holding spears (visible on reverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa tratarasa Diyumitasa (of Great king Diomedes the Savior) (Kharoshthi) Bull standing right. Below, monogram (visible on obverse: monogram and part 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:

Indo-Greek kingdom, Diomedes Soter (Indo-Greek king, c. 115-105 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 115 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 105 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 module

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 205, type 354, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 298, pl. 45, série 10, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 286
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.diomedes.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,