Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Archebius 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 ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou nikēphorou archebiou ]
    • Type: Bust of Archebius, diademed and draped, wearing Boeotian helmet right
    • Portrait: Archebius of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨪𐨿𐨑𐨅𐨦𐨁𐨩𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa dhramikasa jayadharasa arkhebiyasa ]
    • Type: Zeus standing facing, hurling thunderbolt with right hand, holding sceptre in left arm
    • Deity: Zeus
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Archebius 12.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou nikēphorou archebiou ]
  • Type: Bust of Archebius, diademed and draped, wearing Boeotian helmet right
  • Portrait: Archebius of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨪𐨿𐨑𐨅𐨦𐨁𐨩𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa dhramikasa jayadharasa arkhebiyasa ]
  • Type: Zeus standing facing, hurling thunderbolt with right hand, holding sceptre in left arm
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 65 symbol, consists of Γ and Κ
  • Deity: Zeus
objects: 13

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Silver Drachma of Archebius of Bactria, Bactria, 80 BCE–60 BCE. 1995.51.207
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
11
Weight (in gr.)
2.4
Silver Drachma of Archebius of Bactria, Bactria, 90 BCE–80 BCE. 1979.45.165
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
2.2
Silver Drachma of Archebius of Bactria, Bactria, 90 BCE–80 BCE. 1993.29.108
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
17.0
Weight (in gr.)
2.38
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Archébios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.252
Diameter (in mm)
16
Weight (in gr.)
2.42
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Archébios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.253
Diameter (in mm)
16
Weight (in gr.)
2.32
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Archébios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.254
Diameter (in mm)
16
Weight (in gr.)
2.43
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Archébios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.255
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
2.28
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Archébios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.251
Diameter (in mm)
18
Weight (in gr.)
2.30
British Museum: 1860,1220.42
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.380
British Museum: 1888,1208.216
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.360
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45391
Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
16.2
Weight (in gr.)
2.37
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45390
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
15.3
Weight (in gr.)
1.68
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45389
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
16.4
Weight (in gr.)
2.47

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
11.67
Diameter (in mm)
16.43
Weight (in gr.)
2.31

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