Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Archebius 3

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: first half first century BCE
  • Denomination: Tetradrachm
  • 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 right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
    • 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 3.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou nikēphorou archebiou ]
  • Type: Bust of Archebius, diademed and draped right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
  • 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: 4
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Archebius 3.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou nikēphorou archebiou ]
  • Type: Bust of Archebius, diademed and draped right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
  • 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 66 symbol, consists of Γ, Κ, and Α
  • Deity: Zeus
objects: 4
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Archebius 3.3
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou nikēphorou archebiou ]
  • Type: Bust of Archebius, diademed and draped right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
  • 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 (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 227 symbol, consists of Τ, Δ, and Φ
  • Deity: Zeus
objects: 2
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Archebius 3.4
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou nikēphorou archebiou ]
  • Type: Bust of Archebius, diademed and draped right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
  • 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 (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 227 symbol, consists of Τ, Δ, and Φ
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 222 symbol, consists of Τ, Δ, and Ρ
  • Deity: Zeus
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Archebius 3.5
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΑΡΧΕΒΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou nikēphorou archebiou ]
  • Type: Bust of Archebius, diademed and draped right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
  • 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 (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 244 symbol, consists of Ν, Ι, and Δ
  • Deity: Zeus
objects: 3

Examples of this typeDownload CSV

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Silver Tetradrachm of Archebius of Bactria, Bactria, 90 BCE–80 BCE. 1944.100.74823
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
9.55
Silver Tetradrachm of Archebius of Bactria, Panjhir, 80 BCE–60 BCE. 1995.51.204
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
25.0
Weight (in gr.)
9.6
Silver Tetradrachm of Archebius of Bactria, Bactria, 95 BCE–85 BCE. 1995.51.203
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
26.0
Weight (in gr.)
9.64
Silver Tetradrachm of Archebius of Bactria, Bactria, 80 BCE–60 BCE. 1995.51.205
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
27.0
Weight (in gr.)
9.75
Silver Tetradrachm of Archebius of Bactria, Bactria, 80 BCE–60 BCE. 1995.51.206
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
27.0
Weight (in gr.)
9.6
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Archébios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
1972.219
Diameter (in mm)
25
Weight (in gr.)
9.47
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Archébios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
1974.402
Diameter (in mm)
25
Weight (in gr.)
9.17
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Archébios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
1974.403
Diameter (in mm)
25
Weight (in gr.)
9.37
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Archébios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
1973.188.30
Diameter (in mm)
27
Weight (in gr.)
9.53
British Museum: 1922,0424.199
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
9.000
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45385
Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
26.4
Weight (in gr.)
9.08
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45386
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
25
Weight (in gr.)
9.65
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45388
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
25.3
Weight (in gr.)
9.51
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45387
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
25.7
Weight (in gr.)
9.68

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
11.89
Diameter (in mm)
25.78
Weight (in gr.)
9.47

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