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|Authority=Agathocleia Theotropos (Indo-Greek queen, 2nd century BC) | |Authority=Agathocleia Theotropos (Indo-Greek queen, 2nd century BC) | ||
|Period=hellenistic | |Period=hellenistic | ||
|Weight=8 | |Weight=8.63 | ||
|Diameter=22 | |Diameter=22 | ||
|Coin reference=O. Bopearachchi," Diomedes overstruck by Agathocleia", Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 172 (Summer 2002), p. 13-14. ; O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 247, no. 3). | |Coin reference=O. Bopearachchi," Diomedes overstruck by Agathocleia", Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 172 (Summer 2002), p. 13-14. ; O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 247, no. 3). | ||
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ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΡΟΠΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΙΑΣ | Maharajasa tratarasa dhramikasa Stratasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great King Straton the Just Savior")
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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 Head of Athena right, wearing a crested Boiotian helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Maharajasa tratarasa dhramikasa Stratasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great King Straton the Just Savior") 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.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | Gandhara | Modern countryModern country: unknown | 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) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.638.63 g <br />8,630 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | O. Bopearachchi," Diomedes overstruck by Agathocleia", Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 172 (Summer 2002), p. 13-14., O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 247, no. 3). | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. Bopearachchi1O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 251 and pl. 34, series 3., M. H. Mitchiner2M. H. Mitchiner, Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, vol. 2. The Apogee of Indo-Greeks: circa 160 to 120 BC, London, 1975, p. 170, type 307., O. D. Hoover3O. 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. 317. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥ Dioscuroi standing facing, holding spears (visible on reverse: traces of Dioscuroi and legend) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Maharajasa tratarasa Diyumitasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great king Diomedes the Savior") 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: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Gandhara or Paropamisadai | Modern countryModern country: unknown | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Diomedes Soter (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-90 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | O. D. Hoover3O. 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. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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