2653 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (Bopearachchi 1989, 4)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2653

90 BCE - 75 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ | Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (of Great king Heliokles the Just)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_2081.png

Overstruck variety

Agathocleia Strato I.jpeg [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Oman collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Greek) Diademed bust of Zeus right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (of Great king Heliokles the Just) (Kharoshthi) Elephant walking left. In exergue, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

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

Taxila

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:

Heliocles II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-80 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 90 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 75 BCE

hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B
		StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Mitchiner 1975, p. 165, n° 294c., Bopearachchi 1989, p. 56-57, n° 4, pl. V, Bopearachchi 2008, p. 259	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 165, type 294., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 284 and pl. 42, série 7., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 384.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.heliocles ii.11

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΡΟΠΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΙΑΣ (Greek) Head of Athena right (visible on reverse: top of helmet and part of legend)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mahajarassa tratarasa dhramkasa Stratasa (Kharoshthi) Heracles seated left on rock, holding club. In field, monogram (visible on reverse: part of legend)

Mint and issuing power

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

Taxila

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Gandhara

Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan

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

Agathocleia Theotropos (Indo-Greek queen, 2nd century BC), Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 BC), Indo-Greek kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 110 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

denomination B

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Indian module

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 170, type 307, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p.251, pl. 35, série 3, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 317.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.agathocleia strato i.3

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

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

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 |Museum collection=Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
 |Private collection=Oman collection
 |Obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ
-|Obverse description=Bust of Heliocles II right, wearing diadem.
+|Obverse legend language=Greek
-|Reverse legend=Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great king Heliokles the Just")
+|Obverse description=Diademed bust of Zeus right.
+|Reverse legend=Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (of Great king Heliokles the Just)
+|Reverse legend language=Kharoshthi
 |Reverse description=Elephant walking left. In exergue, monogram.
-|Mint=Uncertain mint
+|Mint=Taxila
-|Ancient region=Eastern Gandhara or western Punjab
+|Ancient region=Gandhara
-|Authority=Heliocles II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-80 BC)
+|Authority=Heliocles II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-80 BC); Indo-Greek kingdom
-|Date from=95
+|Date from=90 BCE
-|Date to=80
+|Date to=75 BCE
 |Period=hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
+|Denomination=denomination B
 |Standard=Indian (Hoover)
-|Coin reference=O. Bopearachchi, "Monnaies indo-grecques surfrappées", Revue Numismatique 6/31 (1989), p. 49-79 (p. 56-57, no. 4, pl. V) ; M. H. Mitchiner, Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, vol. 2. The Apogee of Indo-Greeks: circa 160 to 120 BC, London, 1975, p. 165, no. 294 c. ; O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 259).
+|Coin reference=Mitchiner 1975, p. 165, n° 294c. ; Bopearachchi 1989, p. 56-57, n° 4, pl. V ; Bopearachchi 2008, p. 259
-|Coin series reference=O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 284 and pl. 42, series 7. ; M. H. Mitchiner, Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, vol. 2. The Apogee of Indo-Greeks: circa 160 to 120 BC, London, 1975, p. 165, type 294.;O. 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. 384.
+|Coin series reference=Mitchiner 1975, p. 165, type 294.; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 284 and pl. 42, série 7. ; HGC 12, n° 384.
+|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.heliocles_ii.11
 |Overstruck obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΡΟΠΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΙΑΣ
+|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena right (visible on reverse: top of helmet and part of legend)
 |Overstruck reverse legend=Mahajarassa tratarasa dhramkasa Stratasa
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Kharoshthi
 |Overstruck reverse description=Heracles seated left on rock, holding club. In field, monogram (visible on reverse: part of legend)
-|Overstruck authority=Agathocleia Theotropos (Indo-Greek queen, 2nd century BC) ; Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 BC)
+|Overstruck mint=Taxila
-|Coin series reference overstruck=O. 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 ancient region=Gandhara
+|Overstruck authority=Agathocleia Theotropos (Indo-Greek queen, 2nd century BC); Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 BC); Indo-Greek kingdom
+|Overstruck date from=110 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=100 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Overstruck denomination=denomination B
+|Overstruck standard=Indian module
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Mitchiner 1975, p. 170, type 307 ; Bopearachchi 1991, p.251, pl. 35, série 3 ; HGC 12, n° 317.
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.agathocleia_strato_i.3
 }}