Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Agathocles 2

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Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Type: Bust of Agathocles right, diademed and draped

  • Reverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs agathokleous ]
    • Type: Zeus standing facing, Hecate on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand
    • Deity: Zeus
  • 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 2.1
  • Type: Bust of Agathocles right, diademed and draped
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs agathokleous ]
  • Type: Zeus standing facing, Hecate on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 109 symbol, consists of Ο, Τ, Λ, and Φ
  • Deity: Zeus
objects: 6
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Agathocles 2.2
  • Type: Bust of Agathocles right, diademed and draped
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs agathokleous ]
  • Type: Zeus standing facing, Hecate on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 83 symbol, consists of Μ, Υ, and Α
  • Deity: Zeus
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Agathocles 2.3
  • Type: Bust of Agathocles right, diademed and draped
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs agathokleous ]
  • Type: Zeus standing facing, Hecate on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 3 symbol, consists of Α and Γ
  • Deity: Zeus
object: 1

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Silver Drachma of Agathocles of Bactria, Uncertain value, 185 BCE–170 BCE. 1995.51.2
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
16.0
Weight (in gr.)
3.65
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Agathocle]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
anc.B p. 92, n° 2
Diameter (in mm)
19
Weight (in gr.)
3.88
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Agathocle]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
1973.1.320
Diameter (in mm)
20
Weight (in gr.)
3.95
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Agathocle]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.57
Diameter (in mm)
21
Weight (in gr.)
4.20
British Museum: 1874,0709.3
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
4.110
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR53758
Axis
1
Diameter (in mm)
14
Weight (in gr.)
3.7
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR53759
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
19
Weight (in gr.)
3.94

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
8
Diameter (in mm)
18.17
Weight (in gr.)
3.92

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