Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diomedes 3

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.diomedes.3

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Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros diomēdou ]
    • Type: Bust of Diomedes, diademed and draped 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 on horseback galloping right, wearing pilei and cuirasses holding spears in right hands and palms in left
    • 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 3.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros diomēdou ]
  • Type: Bust of Diomedes, diademed and draped 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 on horseback galloping right, wearing pilei and cuirasses holding spears in right hands and palms in left
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 107 symbol, consists of Ο, Φ, and Τ
  • Deity: Dioscuri
objects: 5
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diomedes 3.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΔΙΟΜΗΔΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros diomēdou ]
  • Type: Bust of Diomedes, diademed and draped 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 on horseback galloping right, wearing pilei and cuirasses holding spears in right hands and palms in left
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 227 symbol, consists of Τ, Δ, and Φ
  • Deity: Dioscuri
objects: 4

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Silver Tetradrachm of Diomedes of Bactria, Bactria, 95 BCE–90 BCE. 1944.100.74788
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
9.69
Silver Tetradrachm of Diomedes of Bactria, Bactria, 95 BCE–90 BCE. 1944.100.74789
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
9.71
Silver Tetradrachm of Diomedes of Bactria, Bactria, 110 BCE–80 BCE. 1995.51.194
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
25.0
Weight (in gr.)
9.24
Silver Tetradrachm of Diomedes of Bactria, Bactria, 110 BCE–80 BCE. 1995.51.193
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
26.0
Weight (in gr.)
9.81
British Museum: 1922,0424.132
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
9.400
British Museum: 1887,0604.1
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
9.450
British Museum: 1922,0424.131
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
9.550
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51976
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
21
Weight (in gr.)
9.32
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51975
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
22
Weight (in gr.)
9.32

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
23.5
Weight (in gr.)
9.5

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