Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Archebius 15.1

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.archebius.15.1

Parent Type: bigr.archebius.15

Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (orientation: 🠑🠒🠓) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou nikēphorou archebiou ]
    • Type: Bust of Archebius, diademed and draped right, wearing Boeotian helmet, carrying lance over left shoulder

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨪𐨿𐨑𐨅𐨦𐨁𐨩𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠑) [transliteration: mahārājasa dhramikasa jayadharasa arkhebiyasa ]
    • Type: Two pilei with stars, palms between
    • Symbol (Below): Bopearachchi Monogram 244 symbol, consists of Ν, Ι, and Δ
    • Deity: Dioscuri
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage