Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Epander 2

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.epander.2

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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 ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs nikēphorou epandrou ]
    • Type: Bust of Epander, diademed and draped right
    • Portrait: Epander of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨅𐨤𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa jayadharasa epadrasa ]
    • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
    • Deity: Athena
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Epander 2.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs nikēphorou epandrou ]
  • Type: Bust of Epander, diademed and draped right
  • Portrait: Epander of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨅𐨤𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa jayadharasa epadrasa ]
  • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 52 symbol, consists of Κ, Ε, and Π
  • Deity: Athena
objects: 7
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Epander 2.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs nikēphorou epandrou ]
  • Type: Bust of Epander, diademed and draped right
  • Portrait: Epander of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨅𐨤𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa jayadharasa epadrasa ]
  • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 62 symbol, consists of Κ and Ρ
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 52 symbol, consists of Κ, Ε, and Π
  • Deity: Athena
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Epander 2.3
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs nikēphorou epandrou ]
  • Type: Bust of Epander, diademed and draped right
  • Portrait: Epander of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨅𐨤𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa jayadharasa epadrasa ]
  • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 52 symbol, consists of Κ, Ε, and Π
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 62 symbol, consists of Κ and Ρ
  • Deity: Athena

Examples of this typeDownload CSV

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Silver Drachma of Epander of Bactria, Bactria, 95 BCE–90 BCE. 1944.100.74807
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
2.35
Silver Drachma of Epander of Bactria, Bactria, 95 BCE–90 BCE. 1949.66.31
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
2.32
Silver Drachma of Epander of Bactria, Bactria, 95 BCE–90 BCE. 1995.51.279
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
2.19
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Épandre]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
Y 20015
Diameter (in mm)
16
Weight (in gr.)
2.81
British Museum: 1922,0424.275
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.250
British Museum: 1888,1208.329
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
1.170
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45348
Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
17.1
Weight (in gr.)
1.86
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45349
Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
17.3
Weight (in gr.)
2.21

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
11.6
Diameter (in mm)
16.8
Weight (in gr.)
2.14

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