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|Coin series reference overstruck=Mitchiner 1975, p. 205, type 354 ; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 298, pl. 45, série 10 ; HGC 12, n° 286. | |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 | |Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.diomedes.11 | ||
|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
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110 BCE - 100 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΡΟΠΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΙΑΣ | Maharajasa tratarasa dhramikasa Stratasa (of Great King Straton the Just Savior)
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Muhammad Riaz Babar | Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | Hoard: Pandayale 2000 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΡΟΠΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΙΑΣ (Greek) Head of Athena right, wearing a crested Boiotian helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Maharajasa tratarasa dhramikasa Stratasa (of Great King Straton the Just Savior) (Kharoshthi) Heracles seated on rock left, holding club. In inner 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: | Agathocleia Theotropos (Indo-Greek queen, 2nd century BC), 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.. 100 BCE | hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
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: 8.638.63 g <br />8,630 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Indian module | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Bopearachchi 2002, p. 13-14., Bopearachchi 2008, p. 247, n° 3 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 170, type 307., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 251 and pl. 34, série 3., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 317. |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥ (Greek) Dioscuroi standing facing, holding spears (visible on reverse: traces of Dioscuroi and legend) | 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: back part and 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: | Diomedes Soter (Indo-Greek king, c. 115-105 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.
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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: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | 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,
