Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diomedes 10

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.diomedes.10

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Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros diomēdou ]
    • Type: Bust of Diomedes, diademed and draped, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear right
    • Portrait: Diomedes of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨡𐨁𐨩𐨂𐨨𐨅𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa diyumetasa ]
    • Type: Dioscuri standing facing leaning on spears
    • Deity: Dioscuri
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diomedes 10.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros diomēdou ]
  • Type: Bust of Diomedes, diademed and draped, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear right
  • Portrait: Diomedes of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨡𐨁𐨩𐨂𐨨𐨅𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa diyumetasa ]
  • Type: Dioscuri standing facing leaning on spears
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 226 symbol, consists of Ν, Φ, and Δ
  • Deity: Dioscuri
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diomedes 10.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros diomēdou ]
  • Type: Bust of Diomedes, diademed and draped, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear right
  • Portrait: Diomedes of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨡𐨁𐨩𐨂𐨨𐨅𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa diyumetasa ]
  • Type: Dioscuri standing facing leaning on spears
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 226 symbol, consists of Ν, Φ, and Δ
  • Deity: Dioscuri
objects: 2
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diomedes 10.3
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros diomēdou ]
  • Type: Bust of Diomedes, diademed and draped, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear right
  • Portrait: Diomedes of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨡𐨁𐨩𐨂𐨨𐨅𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa diyumetasa ]
  • Type: Dioscuri standing facing leaning on spears
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 227 symbol, consists of Τ, Δ, and Φ
  • Deity: Dioscuri
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diomedes 10.4
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros diomēdou ]
  • Type: Bust of Diomedes, diademed and draped, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear right
  • Portrait: Diomedes of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨡𐨁𐨩𐨂𐨨𐨅𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa diyumetasa ]
  • Type: Dioscuri standing facing leaning on spears
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 227 symbol, consists of Τ, Δ, and Φ
  • Deity: Dioscuri

Examples of this typeDownload CSV

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Silver Drachma of Diomedes of Bactria, Bactria, 110 BCE–80 BCE. 1995.51.198
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
11
Weight (in gr.)
2.3
Silver Drachma of Diomedes of Bactria, Bactria, 95 BCE–90 BCE. 1944.100.74796
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
2.42
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Diomède]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.239
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
2.40
British Museum: 1873,0502.6
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.260

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
11.5
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
2.34

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