Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Agathocles 12

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: early second century BCE
  • Denomination: Tetradrachm
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Silver
  • Shape: Round

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ (orientation: ⇊)
    • Type: Head of Euthydemus I right, diademed
    • Portrait: Euthydemus I of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (orientation: ⇊→) [transliteration: basileuontos dikaiou agathokleous ]
    • Type: Heracles, naked, seated on pile of rocks, holding club resting on rocks in right hand
    • Deity: Heracles
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

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Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Agathocles 12.1
  • Legend: ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ (orientation: ⇊)
  • Type: Head of Euthydemus I right, diademed
  • Portrait: Euthydemus I of Bactria
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (orientation: ⇊→) [transliteration: basileuontos dikaiou agathokleous ]
  • Type: Heracles, naked, seated on pile of rocks, holding club resting on rocks in right hand
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 109 symbol, consists of Ο, Τ, Λ, and Φ
  • Deity: Heracles
objects: 4
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Agathocles 12.2
  • Legend: ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ (orientation: ⇊)
  • Type: Head of Euthydemus I right, diademed
  • Portrait: Euthydemus I of Bactria
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (orientation: ⇊→) [transliteration: basileuontos dikaiou agathokleous ]
  • Type: Heracles, naked, seated on pile of rocks, holding club resting on rocks in right hand
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 62 symbol, consists of Κ and Ρ
  • Deity: Heracles
objects: 2
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Agathocles 12.3
  • Legend: ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ (orientation: ⇊)
  • Type: Head of Euthydemus I right, diademed
  • Portrait: Euthydemus I of Bactria
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (orientation: ⇊→) [transliteration: basileuontos dikaiou agathokleous ]
  • Type: Heracles, naked, seated on pile of rocks, holding club resting on rocks in right hand
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 184 symbol, consists of Π, Η, Ο, Τ, and Δ
  • Deity: Heracles
object: 1

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Silver Tetradrachm of Agathocles of Bactria, Uncertain value, 185 BCE–170 BCE. 1991.95.2
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
32.0
Weight (in gr.)
15.8
Baktrien: Agathokles ca. 190-180 v. Chr.
Collection
Münzkabinett Berlin
Identifier
18200222
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
30
Weight (in gr.)
16.82
British Museum: 1872,0709.355
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
17.140
British Museum: 1993,1106.28
Collection
British Museum
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
14.71
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR53779
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
22
Weight (in gr.)
15.7
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR53778
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
24
Weight (in gr.)
16.48
Baktrische Könige: Euthydemos I. ca. 230-200 v. Chr.
Collection
Archäologisches Museum der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität
Identifier
ID1461
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
28
Weight (in gr.)
15.26

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
27.2
Weight (in gr.)
15.99

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