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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3050

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

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_2067.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group MBS 60 (22/05/2002), lot 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.:

Bactria (uncertain mint)

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:

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

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:

Bactria (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Gandhara or Paropamisadai

Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Diomedes Soter (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-90 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

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:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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,

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-|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group MBS 60 (22/05/2002), no. 1118
+|Image overstriking coin=SO_2067.jpg
+|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group MBS 60 (22/05/2002), lot 1118
 |Private collection=Private collection
 |Obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ
+|Obverse legend language=Greek
 |Obverse description=Bust of Heracles right, club over shoulder.
-|Reverse legend=Maharajasa tratarasa Stratasa (Kharoshthi; ie. "of Great King Strato the Savior")
+|Reverse legend=Maharajasa tratarasa Stratasa (of Great King Strato the Savior)
+|Reverse legend language=Kharoshthi
 |Reverse description=Nike walking right, holding wreath and palm. In right field, monogram.
-|Mint=Uncertain mint
+|Mint=Bactria (uncertain mint)
 |Ancient region=Gandhara
-|Authority=Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 BC)
+|Authority=Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 BC); Indo-Greek kingdom
-|Date from=125
+|Date from=110 BCE
-|Date to=110
+|Date to=85 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=8.15
 |Diameter=20
-|Coin reference=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. 5, pl. 1). ; O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 248, no. 4).
+|Denomination=denomination B
-|Coin series reference=O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 263, and pl. 37, series 29. ; M. H. Mitchiner, Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, vol. 2. The Apogee of Indo-Greeks: circa 160 to 120 BC, London, 1975, p. 180, type 333.;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. 349
+|Standard=Indian module
+|Coin reference=Senior 2004b, p. 6, n° 5, pl. 1 ; Bopearachchi 2008, p. 248, n° 4
+|Coin series reference=Mitchiner 1975, p. 180, type 333 ; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 263, and pl. 37, série 29. ; HGC 12, n° 349
+|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.strato_i.33
 |Overstruck obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥ
+|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck obverse description=Dioscuroi standing facing, holding spears (visible on reverse)
-|Overstruck reverse legend=Maharajasa tratarasa Diyumitasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great king Diomedes the Savior")
+|Overstruck reverse legend=Maharajasa tratarasa Diyumitasa (of Great king Diomedes the Savior)
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Kharoshthi
 |Overstruck reverse description=Bull standing right. Below, monogram (visible on obverse: monogram and part of legend)
-|Overstruck mint=Uncertain mint
+|Overstruck mint=Bactria (uncertain mint)
 |Overstruck ancient region=Gandhara or Paropamisadai
-|Overstruck authority=Diomedes Soter (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-90 BC)
+|Overstruck authority=Diomedes Soter (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-90 BC); Indo-Greek kingdom
-|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. 286.
+|Overstruck date from=115 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=105 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Overstruck denomination=denomination B
+|Overstruck standard=Indian module
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Mitchiner 1975, p. 205, type 354 ; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 298, pl. 45, série 10 ; HGC 12, n° 286
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.diomedes.11
 }}