Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Apollodotus II 2.7

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.apollodotus_ii.2.7

Parent Type: bigr.apollodotus_ii.2

Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros apollodotou ]
    • Type: Bust of Apollodotus II, diademed and draped right
    • Portrait: Apollodotus II of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨫𐨡𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa apaladatasa ]
    • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
    • Symbol (Left Field): Kharoshthi 85 symbol, represents 𐨪𐨎
    • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 236 symbol, consists of Τ, Ρ, and Δ
    • Deity: Athena
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

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