2671 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Strato I) (AE Apollo/tripod) over Heliocles II (Heracles/elephant) (CNG, 106, Sept. 2017, 566)
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105 - 80ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (sic) | Maharajasa prakashasa tratarasa Stratasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. of Great King Straton the Illustrious Savior)
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group 10 (13/09/2017), no. 566 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | W. Pieper Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (sic) Apollo standing facing, holding arrow and leaning on bow set on ground | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Maharajasa prakashasa tratarasa Stratasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. of Great King Straton the Illustrious Savior) Tripod. To left, 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: | Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 105 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 80 | 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: 10.1310.13 g <br />10,130 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | R. C. Senior, "An Indo-Greek overstrike", Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 151 (Winter 1997), p. 10, AIC 133, O. Bopearachchi and W. Piper, Ancient and Indian Coins, 1998, p. 204-205, n. 38, R. C. Senior, "The Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian King Sequences in the Second and First Centuries BC", Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 179 (Spring 2004), p. 1-24 (p. 6, no. 6ii, pl. 1)., R. C. Senior, "An important Indo-Greek overstrike", Oriental Numismatic Society Newsletter 179 (Spring 2004), p. 26, O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 256). | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. Bopearachchi1O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 264-265 and pl. 37, series 31., 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. 181, type 336., 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. 348 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | (visible on obverse: part of legend) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Elephant walking right (visible on 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: | Heliocles II of Bactria (Greco-Bactrian king, c. 95-80 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. 245. |
Additional data
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