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{{Overstrike
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group 10 (13/09/2017), no. 566  
|Image overstriking coin=SO_2100_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Strato_I).jpg
|Private collection= W. Pieper Collection
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1039544&AucID=2024&Lot=566
|Obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (sic)
|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=2100_Heracles-elephant_overstruck_(drawing).png
|Image overstruck variety=Lysias_Heracles_elephant.jpeg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2067898&AucID=4922&Lot=74
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, 106, 13 Sept. 2017, 566
|Private collection=W. Pieper Collection
|Obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ
|Obverse legend language=Greek
|Obverse description=Apollo standing facing, holding arrow and leaning on bow set on ground
|Obverse description=Apollo standing facing, holding arrow and leaning on bow set on ground
|Reverse legend=Maharajasa prakashasa tratarasa Stratasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. of Great King Straton the Illustrious Savior)
|Reverse legend=Maharajasa prakashasa tratarasa Stratasa (of Great King Straton the Illustrious Savior)
|Reverse legend language=Kharoshthi
|Reverse description=Tripod. To left, monogram
|Reverse description=Tripod. To left, monogram
|Mint=Uncertain mint
|Mint=Taxila
|Ancient region=Gandhara
|Ancient region=Gandhara
|Authority=Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 BC)
|Authority=Indo-Greek kingdom; Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 BC)
|Date from=105
|Date from=110 BCE
|Date to=80
|Date to=85 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=10.13
|Weight=10.13
|Diameter=24
|Diameter=24
|Axis=12 h
|Axis=12
|Coin reference=R. C. Senior, "An Indo-Greek overstrike", Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 151 (Winter 1997), p. 10  ; AIC 133  ; O. Bopearachchi and W. Piper, Ancient and Indian Coins, 1998, p. 204-205, n. 38 ; R. C. Senior, "The Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian King Sequences in the Second and First Centuries BC", Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 179 (Spring 2004), p. 1-24 (p. 6, no. 6ii, pl. 1). ; R. C. Senior, "An important Indo-Greek overstrike", Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 179 (Spring 2004), p. 26 ; O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 256).
|Denomination=denomination A/B
|Coin series reference=O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 264-265 and pl. 37, series 31. ; M. H. Mitchiner, Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, vol. 2. The Apogee of Indo-Greeks: circa 160 to 120 BC, London, 1975, p. 181, type 336.;O. 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. 348
|Standard=Indian (Hoover)
|Overstruck obverse description=(visible on obverse: part of legend)
|Coin reference=Senior 1997, p. 10  ; Bopearachchi - Pieper 1998, p. 204-205, n. 38 ; Senior 2004b, p. 6, no. 6ii, pl. 1 ; Senior 2004a, p. 26 ; Bopearachchi 2008, p. 256
|Coin series reference=Mitchiner 1975, p. 181, type 336.; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 264-265 and pl. 37, série 31. ; HGC 12, n° 348
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.strato_i.36
|Overstruck obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ
|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Heracles right, draped, with club over left shoulder (visible on obverse: part of legend)
|Overstruck reverse legend=Mahārājasa apadihatasa Lisikasa (of The Great King Lysias the Unconquered)
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Kharoshthi
|Overstruck reverse description=Elephant walking right (visible on reverse)
|Overstruck reverse description=Elephant walking right (visible on reverse)
|Overstruck authority=Heliocles II of Bactria (Greco-Bactrian king, c. 95-80 BC)
|Overstruck mint=Taxila
|Coin series reference overstruck=O. 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. 245.
|Overstruck ancient region=Gandhara
|Overstruck authority=Indo-Greek kingdom; Lysias Anicetus (Indo-Greek king, c. 130-120 BC)
|Overstruck date from=130 BCE
|Overstruck date to=120 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=denomination B
|Overstruck standard=Indian (Hoover)
|Coin series reference overstruck=Mitchiner 1975, p. 145, type 266 ; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 269-70, pl. 39 and 39, série 8 ; HGC 12, n° 245.
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.lysias.15
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=sure
}}
}}

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Overstrike Database
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 2671


110 BCE - 85 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ | Maharajasa prakashasa tratarasa Stratasa (of Great King Straton the Illustrious Savior)

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_2100_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Strato_I).jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Lysias_Heracles_elephant.jpeg [2]
Traces of the overstruck variety
2100_Heracles-elephant_overstruck_(drawing).png
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: Classical Numismatic Group, 106, 13 Sept. 2017, 566
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: W. Pieper Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (Greek) Apollo standing facing, holding arrow and leaning on bow set on ground ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Maharajasa prakashasa tratarasa Stratasa (of Great King Straton the Illustrious Savior) (Kharoshthi) Tripod. To left, 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.1310.13 g <br />10,130 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Senior 1997, p. 10, Bopearachchi - Pieper 1998, p. 204-205, n. 38, Senior 2004b, p. 6, no. 6ii, pl. 1, Senior 2004a, p. 26, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 256 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 181, type 336., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 264-265 and pl. 37, série 31., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 348
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Heracles right, draped, with club over left shoulder (visible on obverse: part of legend) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Mahārājasa apadihatasa Lisikasa (of The Great King Lysias the Unconquered) (Kharoshthi) Elephant walking right (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: Indo-Greek kingdom, Lysias Anicetus (Indo-Greek king, c. 130-120 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 130 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 120 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org 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. 145, type 266, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 269-70, pl. 39 and 39, série 8, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 245.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:
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