Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Amyntas 12

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Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs nikatoros amyntou ]
    • Type: Bust of Amyntas diademed, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
    • Portrait: Amyntas of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨨𐨁𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa jayadharasa aṃitasa ]
    • Type: Zeus draped in three-quarter view left, seated on throne, armed Athena on outstretched right hand, sceptre and palm branch in left hand
    • Deity: Zeus
    • Deity: Athena
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Amyntas 12.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs nikatoros amyntou ]
  • Type: Bust of Amyntas diademed, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
  • Portrait: Amyntas of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨨𐨁𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa jayadharasa aṃitasa ]
  • Type: Zeus draped in three-quarter view left, seated on throne, armed Athena on outstretched right hand, sceptre and palm branch in left hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 103 symbol, consists of Ο and Υ
  • Deity: Zeus
  • Deity: Athena
objects: 2
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Amyntas 12.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs nikatoros amyntou ]
  • Type: Bust of Amyntas diademed, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
  • Portrait: Amyntas of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨨𐨁𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa jayadharasa aṃitasa ]
  • Type: Zeus draped in three-quarter view left, seated on throne, armed Athena on outstretched right hand, sceptre and palm branch in left hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 206 symbol, consists of Χ, Η, Τ, Δ, and Υ
  • Deity: Zeus
  • Deity: Athena
objects: 2

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Silver Drachma of Amyntas of Bactria, first half first century BCE 1979.45.170
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
2.16
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Amyntas Nicator]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.514
Diameter (in mm)
18
Weight (in gr.)
2.00
British Museum: 1888,1208.384
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.150
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51996
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
16
Weight (in gr.)
2.42

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
2.18

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