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2824 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Antialcidas (Zeus/pilei) (London, BM, 1888-12-08.175): Difference between revisions

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|Museum collection=London, British Museum,  
|Image overstriking coin=SO_2095_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Heliocles_II).png
|Image overstruck variety=Antialkidas_pilei.jpeg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2101098&AucID=5009&Lot=638
|Museum collection=London, British Museum,
|Obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ
|Obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ
|Obverse description=Bust of Heliocles II right, wearing diadem.
|Obverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse legend=Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great king Heliokles the Just")
|Obverse description=Diademed, draped bust of Zeus right.
|Reverse legend=Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (of Great king Heliokles the Just)
|Reverse legend language=Kharoshthi
|Reverse description=Elephant walking left. In exergue, monogram.
|Reverse description=Elephant walking left. In exergue, monogram.
|Mint=Uncertain mint
|Mint=Taxila
|Ancient region=Eastern Gandhara or western Punjab
|Ancient region=Gandhara
|Authority=Heliocles II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-80 BC)
|Authority=Heliocles II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-80 BC); Indo-Greek kingdom
|Date from=95
|Date from=90 BCE
|Date to=80
|Date to=75 BCE
|Period=hellenistic
|Period=hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Denomination=denomination B
|Standard=Indian (Hoover)
|Standard=Indian (Hoover)
|Coin reference=O. Bopearachchi, "Monnaies indo-grecques surfrappées", Revue Numismatique 6/31 (1989), p. 49-79 (p. 59-60, no. 9) ;  C. Kirkpatrick,"Heliocles II, fact or fiction", Spink's Numismatik Circular (march 1975), p. 98 ; IMC 7 ; PMC 148 ; M. H. Mitchiner, Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, vol. 2. The Apogee of Indo-Greeks: circa 160 to 120 BC, London, 1975, p. 165, no. 294 f. ; O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 260).
|Coin reference=Kirkpatrick 1975, p. 98 ; Mitchiner 1975, p. 165, n° 294f. ; Bopearachchi 1989, p. 59-60, n° 9 ; Bopearachchi 2008, p. 260
|Coin series reference=O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 284 and pl. 42, series 7. ; M. H. Mitchiner, Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, vol. 2. The Apogee of Indo-Greeks: circa 160 to 120 BC, London, 1975, p. 165, type 294.;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. 384.
|Coin series reference=Mitchiner 1975, p. 165, type 294.; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 284 and pl. 42, série 7. ; HGC 12, n° 384.
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.heliocles_ii.11
|Overstruck obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΑΛΚΙΔΟΥ
|Overstruck obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΑΛΚΙΔΟΥ
|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck obverse description=Bust of Zeus (visible on reverse: part of legend)
|Overstruck obverse description=Bust of Zeus (visible on reverse: part of legend)
|Overstruck reverse legend=Mahārājasa jayadharasa Aṃtialikidasa (of the Great King Antiakidas the Victory-bearer)
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Kharoshthi
|Overstruck reverse description=Pileus and palms (visible on obverse)
|Overstruck reverse description=Pileus and palms (visible on obverse)
|Overstruck authority=Antialcidas Nikephoros (Indo-Greek king, c. 115-95 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. 263.
|Overstruck ancient region=Gandhara
|Overstruck authority=Antialcidas Nikephoros (Indo-Greek king, c. 115-95 BC); Indo-Greek kingdom
|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. 151, type 280.; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 278, pl. 41, série 17 ; HGC 12, n° 263.
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.antialcidas.23
}}
}}

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 2824


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

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_2095_-_Gandhara-Punjab_(uncertain_mint)_(Heliocles_II).png
Overstruck variety
Antialkidas_pilei.jpeg [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: London, British Museum,

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. In exergue, 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: 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. 90 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 Nomisma.org DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B
StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Kirkpatrick 1975, p. 98, Mitchiner 1975, p. 165, n° 294f., Bopearachchi 1989, p. 59-60, n° 9, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 260 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:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΑΛΚΙΔΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Zeus (visible on reverse: part of legend) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Mahārājasa jayadharasa Aṃtialikidasa (of the Great King Antiakidas the Victory-bearer) (Kharoshthi) Pileus and palms (visible on obverse)
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: Antialcidas Nikephoros (Indo-Greek king, c. 115-95 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom
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. 151, type 280., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 278, pl. 41, série 17, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 263.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
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