2653 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Agathocleia/Strato I (Athena/Heracles) (Bopearachchi 1989, 4)
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|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek | |Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena right (visible on reverse: top of helmet and part of legend) | |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=Mahajarassa tratarasa dhramkasa Stratasa (of the Great King Strato the Just Savior) |
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Kharoshthi | |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 reverse description=Heracles seated left on rock, holding club. In field, monogram (visible on reverse: part of legend) |
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90 BCE - 75 BCEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ | Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (of Great king Heliokles the Just)
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 19751 , Bopearachchi 19912 , HGC 123 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
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 (of the Great King Strato the Just Savior) (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), Indo-Greek kingdom, Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 BC) |
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 19751 , Bopearachchi 19912 , HGC 123 | ||
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: |
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,