Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Lysias 8

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

Subtypes | Examples of this type | Quantitative Analysis

Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou lysiou ]
    • Type: Bust of Lysias, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet
    • Portrait: Lysias Anicetus

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨫𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨀𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apadihatasa lisiasa ]
    • Type: Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club, palm branch and lion skin in crook of left arm
    • Deity: Heracles
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

Click on the link to the subtype to view all examples.

Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Lysias 8.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou lysiou ]
  • Type: Bust of Lysias, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet
  • Portrait: Lysias Anicetus
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨫𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨀𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apadihatasa lisiasa ]
  • Type: Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club, palm branch and lion skin in crook of left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 63 symbol, consists of Κ, Ρ, and Δ
  • Deity: Heracles
objects: 5
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Lysias 8.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou lysiou ]
  • Type: Bust of Lysias, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet
  • Portrait: Lysias Anicetus
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨫𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨀𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apadihatasa lisiasa ]
  • Type: Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club, palm branch and lion skin in crook of left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 116 symbol, consists of Φ and Ι
  • Deity: Heracles
objects: 11

Examples of this typeDownload CSV

Examples include all subtypes. Click on the subtype links above to view examples for an individual subtype.

Silver Drachma of Lysias Anicetus, second half second century BCE 1944.100.74707
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
2.34
Silver Drachma of Lysias Anicetus, second half second century BCE. 1979.45.126
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
1.78
Silver Drachma of Lysias Anicetus, second half second century BCE. 1995.51.185
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
2.43
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Lysias]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
Bopearachchi 14
Diameter (in mm)
16
Weight (in gr.)
2.30
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Lysias]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.177
Diameter (in mm)
16
Weight (in gr.)
2.02
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Lysias]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.178
Diameter (in mm)
16
Weight (in gr.)
2.21
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Lysias]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
L 3047
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
2.42
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Lysias]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.175
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
2.35
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Lysias]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.176
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
2.19
British Museum: O1956,0409.159
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.440
British Museum: IOC.62
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.240
British Museum: 1922,0424.170
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.390
British Museum: IOC.63
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.320
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51840
Axis
1
Diameter (in mm)
15
Weight (in gr.)
2.4
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51841
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
15
Weight (in gr.)
2.45
Baktrische Könige: Lysias ca. 130-120 v. Chr.
Collection
Archäologisches Museum der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität
Identifier
ID2541
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
2.46

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
10.17
Diameter (in mm)
16.22
Weight (in gr.)
2.3

Measurement Analysis

Analysis Type

Average
Standard Deviation

Select Measurement

Select the measurement type below for visualization. Measurement queries are executed across all coins harvested in Nomisma.org, regardless connection to coin type URIs.

Compare to other Queries (optional)

You can compare multiple queries to generate a more complex chart. Note that the value for each category for comparison is refined by previous selections in that group. For example, if the first category in a Group is "Denomination: Denarius", and Mint is select as the second category, the drop-down menu will include only those mints that produced denarii. Add Query