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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95 - 80ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ | Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great king Heliokles the Just")
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Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum, 1857,0813.8 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Al. Cunningham collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΗΛΙΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ Bust of Heliocles II right, wearing diadem. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Maharajasa dhramikasa Heliyakreyasa (Kharoshthi ; ie. "of Great king Heliokles the Just") Elephant walking left. In exergue, monogram. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | Eastern Gandhara or western Punjab | 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: | Heliocles II of Bactria (Indo-Greek king, c. 95-80 BC) |
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 | hellenistic 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: 8.318.31 g <br />8,310 mg <br /> | ||
StandardStandard.: Indian (Hoover) |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | 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 series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. Bopearachchi1 , M. H. Mitchiner2 , O. D. Hoover3 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΟΝΟΣ Bust of Heracles (nothing visible on obverse) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Mahajarassa tratarasa Stratasa 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: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Strato I (Indo-Greek king, c. 125-110 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. Hoover3 |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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