Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 10.2A

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.10.2A

Object Type: Coin
Date: mid second century BCE
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Manufacture: Struck
Material: Silver
Shape: Round
Authority
- Authority: Menander I of Bactria
- - State: Kingdom of Bactria
  - State: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Obverse
- Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
- Type: Bust of Menander I, diademed and draped right
- Portrait: Menander I of Bactria
- - State: Kingdom of Bactria
  - State: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
Reverse
- Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨨𐨅𐨣𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa menaṃdrasa ]
- Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
- Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 239 , consists of Α, Λ, Ο, Δ, Κ, and Χ
- Deity: Athena
TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage