Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Artemidorus 10.8

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.artemidorus.10.8

Parent Type: bigr.artemidorus.10

Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou artemidorou ]
    • Type: Bust of Artemidorus, diademed and draped right
    • Portrait: Artemidorus of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨀𐨪𐨿𐨟𐨅𐨨𐨁𐨟𐨆𐨪𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apadihatasa artemitorasa ]
    • Type: Nike standing right, holding wreath in outstretched right arm, palm branch in left
    • Symbol (Right Field): Artemidorus Monogram 4 symbol, consists of Π and Ρ
    • Deity: Nike
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage