Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 10

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.10

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Typological Description

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
- Deity: Athena
TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Reference: Bopearachchi Ménandre I 12
Reference: Mitchiner 214

Subtypes

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Subtype	Obverse	Reverse	Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 10.1https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.10	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	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 (Left Field): Σ Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 116 , consists of Φ and Ι Deity: Athena	objects: 14
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 10.2https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.10	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	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 (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 239 , consists of Α, Λ, Ο, Δ, Κ, and Χ Deity: Athena	objects: 3
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 10.2Ahttps://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.10	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	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
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 10.3https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.10	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	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 (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 239 , consists of Α, Λ, Ο, Δ, Κ, and Χ Symbol (Right Field): Σ Deity: Athena	object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 10.4https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.10	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	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 265 , consists of Η and Λ Deity: Athena	object: 1

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Silver Tetradrachm of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1949.66.23

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 11
Weight (in gr.): 9.58

Silver Tetradrachm of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1993.29.50

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 11
Diameter (in mm): 26.0
Weight (in gr.): 9.82

Silver Tetradrachm of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE 1944.100.74587

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 9.29

Silver Tetradrachm of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1944.100.74588

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 9.8

Silver Tetradrachm of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE 1944.100.74589

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 9.72

Silver Tetradrachm of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE 1944.100.74590

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 9.74

Silver Tetradrachm of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1995.51.117

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 27.0
Weight (in gr.): 9.75

[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Ménandre I Sôter]

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: E 996
Diameter (in mm): 25
Weight (in gr.): 8.90

[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Ménandre I Sôter]

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: R 3681.347
Diameter (in mm): 25
Weight (in gr.): 9.46

[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Ménandre I Sôter]

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: M 5315
Diameter (in mm): 26
Weight (in gr.): 9.25

British Museum: 1888,1208.284

Collection: British Museum

British Museum: 1922,0424.129

Collection: British Museum
Weight (in gr.): 9.950

British Museum: 1884,0408.1

Collection: British Museum
Weight (in gr.): 9.640

British Museum: 1874,0709.5

Collection: British Museum
Weight (in gr.): 9.630

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR51723
Axis: 11
Diameter (in mm): 21
Weight (in gr.): 9.61

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR51722
Axis: 11
Diameter (in mm): 22
Weight (in gr.): 9.79

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR51726
Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 21
Weight (in gr.): 8.54

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR51725
Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 22
Weight (in gr.): 9.55

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR51724
Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 23
Weight (in gr.): 9.53

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis: 11.67
Diameter (in mm): 23.8
Weight (in gr.): 9.53

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Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 10

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