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{{Overstrike | {{Overstrike | ||
|Image overstriking coin=SO 2063.jpg | |Image overstriking coin=SO 2063.jpg | ||
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=92969&AucID=99&Lot=658 | |||
|Image overstruck variety=Menander I dolphin.jpeg | |Image overstruck variety=Menander I dolphin.jpeg | ||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.26 | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.26 | ||
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|Overstruck denomination=oktochalkon | |Overstruck denomination=oktochalkon | ||
|Overstruck standard=Indian module | |Overstruck standard=Indian module | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Mitchiner 1975, p. 130, type 232 ; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 241, pl. 31, série 25 | |Coin series reference overstruck=Mitchiner 1975, p. 130, type 232 ; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 241, pl. 31, série 25 ; HGC 12, n° 194. | ||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.26 | |Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.26 | ||
|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional | |||
|Level of confidence=strong | |||
|Remarks="Overstruck on a Bopearachchi Série 25 Æ of Menander" | |||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 06:06, 19 November 2023
155 BCE - 130 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ | Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa (of Great king Menander the Savior)
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Triton 8, 11 Jan. 2005, 658 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Head of bull facing. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa (of Great king Menander the Savior) (Kharosthi) Tripod. 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: | Indo-Greek kingdom, Menander I Soter (Indo-Greek king of the Indo-Greek Kingdom, 165/155 -130 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 155 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 19.7219.72 g <br />19,720 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: chalkoi | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
| StandardStandard.: Indian module | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 131, type 233, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 243 and pl. 32, série 29., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 198. | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Menander I, diademed and draped right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Mahārājasa tratarasa menaṃdrasa (of the Great King Menander the Savior) (Kharosthi) Dolphin swimming right |
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, Menander I Soter (Indo-Greek king of the Indo-Greek Kingdom, 165/155 -130 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 155 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | oktochalkon | StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Indian module |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 130, type 232, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 241, pl. 31, série 25, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 194. | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on a Bopearachchi Série 25 Æ of Menander" | ||
