Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Lysias 13

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.lysias.13

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Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou lysiou ]
    • Type: Head of Heracles right, draped, with club over left shoulder
    • Deity: Heracles

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨫𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨀𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apadihatasa lisiasa ]
    • Type: Elephant walking right
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Lysias 13.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou lysiou ]
  • Type: Head of Heracles right, draped, with club over left shoulder
  • Deity: Heracles
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨫𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨀𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apadihatasa lisiasa ]
  • Type: Elephant walking right
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 63 symbol, consists of Κ, Ρ, and Δ
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Lysias 13.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou lysiou ]
  • Type: Head of Heracles right, draped, with club over left shoulder
  • Deity: Heracles
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨫𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨀𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apadihatasa lisiasa ]
  • Type: Elephant walking right
  • Symbol (Below): Bopearachchi Monogram 116 symbol, consists of Φ and Ι
objects: 6

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Bronze Denomination I of Lysias Anicetus, second half second century BCE 1944.100.74715
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
5.12
British Museum: OR.11773
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
4.860
British Museum: 1956,0710.35
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
6.070
British Museum: 1888,1208.203
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
7.750
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51860
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
20
Weight (in gr.)
5.69
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51859
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
21
Weight (in gr.)
7.1

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
20.5
Weight (in gr.)
6.1

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