2744 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Agathocleia/Strato I) (AE Athena/Heracles) over Diomedes (Dioscuri/bull) (Bopearachchi 2008, 3)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2744

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.

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