Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Apollodotus II 4.2

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.apollodotus_ii.4.2

Parent Type: bigr.apollodotus_ii.4

Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs megalou sotēros kai philopatoros 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: Deified ruler riding on horse, wearing clamys, outstretched right hand right
    • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 244 symbol, consists of Ν, Ι, and Δ
    • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 236 symbol, consists of Τ, Ρ, and Δ
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage