Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Artemidorus 8

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.artemidorus.8

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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 ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou artemidorou ]
    • Type: Bust of Artemidorus, diademed and draped right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
    • Portrait: Artemidorus of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨀𐨪𐨿𐨟𐨅𐨨𐨁𐨟𐨆𐨪𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apadihatasa artemitorasa ]
    • Type: Artemis standing left, shooting arrow
    • Deity: Artemis
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Artemidorus 8.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou artemidorou ]
  • Type: Bust of Artemidorus, diademed and draped right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
  • Portrait: Artemidorus of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨀𐨪𐨿𐨟𐨅𐨨𐨁𐨟𐨆𐨪𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apadihatasa artemitorasa ]
  • Type: Artemis standing left, shooting arrow
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 28 symbol, consists of and Δ
  • Deity: Artemis
objects: 2
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Artemidorus 8.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΑΡΤΕΜΙΔΟΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou artemidorou ]
  • Type: Bust of Artemidorus, diademed and draped right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
  • Portrait: Artemidorus of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨀𐨪𐨿𐨟𐨅𐨨𐨁𐨟𐨆𐨪𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apadihatasa artemitorasa ]
  • Type: Artemis standing left, shooting arrow
  • Symbol (Left Field): Artemidorus Monogram 2 symbol, consists of Π and Χ
  • Deity: Artemis

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British Museum: 1888,1208.355
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.350
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45371
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
16.7
Weight (in gr.)
2.17

Quantitative Analysis

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Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
16.7
Weight (in gr.)
2.26

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