2636 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Menander I) (AE bull/tripod) over Menander I (Menander I/dolphin) (Triton, VIII, Jan. 2005, 658)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2636

165 - 130ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ | Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa (Kharoshthi: ie. of Great king Menander the Savior)

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Triton 8 (11/01/2005), lot 658

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Head of bull facing.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa (Kharoshthi: ie. of Great king Menander the Savior) (Kharosthi) Tripod. In left field, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Bactria (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Parapamisadai or 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:

Menander I Soter (Indo-Greek king of the Indo-Greek Kingdom, 165/155 -130 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 165 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130

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: 19.7219.72 g <br />19,720 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: chalkoi	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Indian module

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 131, type 233, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 243 and pl. 32, série 29., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 198.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

Menander I Soter (Indo-Greek king of the Indo-Greek Kingdom, 165/155 -130 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. Hoover4O. 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. 194.

Additional data

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References

^ Mitchiner, Michael (1975), Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian coinage, London,
^ Bopearachchi, Osmund (1991), Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques : catalogue raissoné, Paris, 459 p., 69 pl.
^ 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,
^ O. D. Hoover