3816 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Strato I) (AE Heracles/Nike) over uncertain type (Herbert Grün, 64, Nov. 2014, 1670)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3816

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝ | Maharajasa tratarasa Stratasa (of Great King Strato the Savior)

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Herbert Grün 64 (20/11/2014), lot 1670

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝ (Greek) Bust of Herakles 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, monogram before

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

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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: 8.538.53 g <br />8,530 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

O. Bopearachchi1O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 263, and pl. 37, series 29., 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. 180, type 333., 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. 349

Overstruck type

Description

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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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Chronology

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periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

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Additional data

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