Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Amyntas 16

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.amyntas.16

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: first half first century BCE
  • Denomination: Denomination I
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Bronze
  • Shape: Rectangle

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ (orientation: 🠑🠒🠓) [transliteration: basileōs nikatoros amyntou ]
    • Type: Head of Zeus-Mithras (?) right
    • Deity: Zeus

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨨𐨁𐨟𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠑) [transliteration: mahārājasa jayadharasa aṃitasa ]
    • Type: Athena standing left, outstretched right arm, holding shield and lance in her left arm
    • 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 16.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ (orientation: 🠑🠒🠓) [transliteration: basileōs nikatoros amyntou ]
  • Type: Head of Zeus-Mithras (?) right
  • Deity: Zeus
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨨𐨁𐨟𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠑) [transliteration: mahārājasa jayadharasa aṃitasa ]
  • Type: Athena standing left, outstretched right arm, holding shield and lance in her left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 206 symbol, consists of Χ, Η, Τ, Δ, and Υ
  • Deity: Athena
objects: 3
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Amyntas 16.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ (orientation: 🠑🠒🠓) [transliteration: basileōs nikatoros amyntou ]
  • Type: Head of Zeus-Mithras (?) right
  • Deity: Zeus
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨨𐨁𐨟𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠑) [transliteration: mahārājasa jayadharasa aṃitasa ]
  • Type: Athena standing left, outstretched right arm, holding shield and lance in her left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 207 symbol, consists of Χ, Η, Τ, Δ, and Υ
  • Deity: Athena
objects: 2
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Amyntas 16.3
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ (orientation: 🠑🠒🠓) [transliteration: basileōs nikatoros amyntou ]
  • Type: Head of Zeus-Mithras (?) right
  • Deity: Zeus
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨨𐨁𐨟𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠑) [transliteration: mahārājasa jayadharasa aṃitasa ]
  • Type: Athena standing left, outstretched right arm, holding shield and lance in her left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 244 symbol, consists of Ν, Ι, and Δ
  • Deity: Athena
objects: 5
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Amyntas 16.4
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ (orientation: 🠑🠒🠓) [transliteration: basileōs nikatoros amyntou ]
  • Type: Head of Zeus-Mithras (?) right
  • Deity: Zeus
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨨𐨁𐨟𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠑) [transliteration: mahārājasa jayadharasa aṃitasa ]
  • Type: Athena standing left, outstretched right arm, holding shield and lance in her left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 227 symbol, consists of Τ, Δ, and Φ
  • Deity: Athena

Examples of this typeDownload CSV

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Bronze Denomination I of Amyntas of Bactria, Bactria, 95 BCE–90 BCE. 1944.100.74805
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
9.78
Bronze Denomination I of Amyntas of Bactria, Bactria, 95 BCE–90 BCE. 1944.100.74806
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
8.15
British Museum: 1888,1208.386
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
8.100
British Museum: 1922,0424.2906
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
7.360
British Museum: 1894,0506.863
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
8.110
British Museum: 1865,0803.2
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
7.730
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR52002
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
5.13
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR52005
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
6.7
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR52006
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
4.01
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51999
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
18
Weight (in gr.)
7.12
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR52001
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
18
Weight (in gr.)
7.58
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR52003
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
19
Weight (in gr.)
8.57
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR52004
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
21
Weight (in gr.)
7.06
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR52000
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
22
Weight (in gr.)
8.3

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
18.62
Weight (in gr.)
7.41

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