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95 - 80ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ | Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great king Heliokles the Just")
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ Bust of Heliocles II right, wearing diadem.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great king Heliokles the Just") Elephant walking left.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Uncertain mint
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Eastern Gandhara or western Punjab
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Modern countryModern country: unknown
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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:
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Heliocles II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-80 BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 95 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 80
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hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.68.6 g <br />8,600 mg <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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O. Bopearachchi, "L'apport des surfrappes à la reconstruction de l'histoire des Indo-Grecs", Revue Numismatique 164 (2008), p. 245-268 (p. 249, no. 7).
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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O. Bopearachchi1O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991, p. 284 and pl. 42, series 7., 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. 165, type 294., 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. 384.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΘΕΟΤΡΟΠΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΙΑΣ Head of Athena right, wearing a crested Boiotian helmet (visible on obverse: almost all the head and part of legend)
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Maharajasa tratarasa dhramikasa Agathukriae (Kharoshthi ; ie. "Queen Agathokleia, saviour and follower of the dharma") Heracles seated on rock left, holding club. In inner right field, monogram (nothing visible on reverse)
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Mint and issuing power
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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:
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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.
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References
- ^ O. Bopearachchi
- ^ M. H. Mitchiner
- a b O. D. Hoover
