3312 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE elephant/bull) over Strato I (Heracles/Nike) (London, BM, 1857-8-13.8)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3312

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

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_2085.jpeg [1]

Overstruck variety

Strato_I_Heracles_Nike.jpeg [2]

Traces of the overstruck variety

2085_Strato_I_overstruck_(drawing).png

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1857-8-13.8
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Al. Cunningham collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (Greek) Elephant standing left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (of Great king Heliokles the Just) (Kharoshthi) Bull standing right. 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. 91 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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.318.31 g <br />8,310 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B
		StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Bopearachchi 1989, p. 59, n° 8, pl. V	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mitchiner 19751Mitchiner 1975, p. 166, type 296., Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 285 and pl. 42, série 8., HGC 123HGC 12, n° 385.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.heliocles ii.16

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΟΝΟΣ (Greek) Bust of Heracles (nothing visible on obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mahajarassa tratarasa Stratasa (Kharoshthi) Nike walking right (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:

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.. 85 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. 180, type 333, Bopearachchi 19912Bopearachchi 1991, p. 263, and pl. 37, série 29, HGC 123HGC 12, n° 349.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.strato i.33

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
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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+|Image overstriking coin=SO_2085.jpeg
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+|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=2085_Strato_I_overstruck_(drawing).png
+|Image overstruck variety=Strato_I_Heracles_Nike.jpeg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1971969&AucID=4668&Lot=464
+|Museum collection=London, British Museum, 1857-8-13.8
 |Private collection=Al. Cunningham 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=Elephant standing left.
-|Reverse description=Elephant walking left. In exergue, monogram.
+|Reverse legend=Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (of Great king Heliokles the Just)
-|Mint=Uncertain mint
+|Reverse legend language=Kharoshthi
-|Ancient region=Eastern Gandhara or western Punjab
+|Reverse description=Bull standing right. In exergue, monogram.
-|Authority=Heliocles II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-80 BC)
+|Mint=Taxila
-|Date from=95
+|Ancient region=Gandhara
-|Date to=80
+|Authority=Heliocles II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-80 BC); Indo-Greek kingdom
+|Date from=91 BCE
+|Date to=75 BCE
 |Period=hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=8.31
+|Denomination=denomination B
 |Standard=Indian (Hoover)
-|Coin reference=O. Bopearachchi, "Monnaies indo-grecques surfrappées", Revue Numismatique 6/31 (1989), p. 49-79 (p. 59, no. 8, pl. V) ; P. Gardner, BMC India (Greek & Scythic) / The coins of the Greek and Scythic kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum, p. 24, no. 28. ; A. Cunningham, "Coins of Alexander's Successors in the East", The Numismatic Chronicle 9 (1869), p. 217-246 (p. 227-228, no. 4, pl. VI, 11) ; A. Cunningham, Coins of Alexander's Successors in the East, Chicago, 1969 (1st ed. London, 1884), p. 171-172 ; E. J. Rapson, "Coins of the Graeco-India Sovereigns. Agathocleia, Strato I Soter, and Strato II Philopater", in H. Frowde (ed.), Corolla Numismatica. Numismatic Essays in Honour of Barclay V. Head, Oxford, 1906, p. 245-258 (p. 245, pl. XII, 1). ; A. K. Narain, The Indo-Greeks, Oxford, 1957, p. 113.
+|Coin reference=Bopearachchi 1989, p. 59, n° 8, pl. V
-|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. 166, type 296.; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 285 and pl. 42, série 8. ;  HGC 12, n° 385.
+|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.heliocles_ii.16
 |Overstruck obverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΟΝΟΣ
+|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck obverse description=Bust of Heracles (nothing visible on obverse)
 |Overstruck reverse legend=Mahajarassa tratarasa Stratasa
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Kharoshthi
 |Overstruck reverse description=Nike walking right (visible on reverse: part of legend)
-|Overstruck authority=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. 349.
+|Overstruck ancient region=Gandhara
+|Overstruck authority=Indo-Greek kingdom; Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 BC)
+|Overstruck date from=110 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=85 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Overstruck denomination=denomination B
+|Overstruck standard=Indian module
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Mitchiner 1975, p. 180, type 333 ; Bopearachchi 1991, p. 263, and pl. 37, série 29 ; HGC 12, n° 349.
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.strato_i.33
+|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread
+|Level of confidence=strong
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