Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 12

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.12

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Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
    • Type: Bust of Menander I diademed, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
    • Portrait: Menander I of Bactria

  • 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

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 12.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
  • Type: Bust of Menander I diademed, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
  • Portrait: Menander I of Bactria
  • 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 44 symbol, consists of Δ and Τ
  • Deity: Athena
objects: 7
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 12.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
  • Type: Bust of Menander I diademed, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
  • Portrait: Menander I of Bactria
  • 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 symbol, consists of Φ and Ι
  • Deity: Athena
objects: 2
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 12.3
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
  • Type: Bust of Menander I diademed, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
  • Portrait: Menander I of Bactria
  • 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 182 symbol, consists of Π, Η, Δ, and Τ
  • Deity: Athena

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Silver Tetradrachm of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE 1944.100.48112
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
9.16
Silver Tetradrachm of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1995.51.129
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
25.0
Weight (in gr.)
9.75
Silver Tetradrachm of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE 1995.51.130
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
25.0
Weight (in gr.)
9.71
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Ménandre I Sôter]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
L 2839
Diameter (in mm)
26
Weight (in gr.)
9.02
British Museum: 1963,0626.1
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
9.750
British Museum: 1922,0424.127
Collection
British Museum
British Museum: 1888,1208.285
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
9.430
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51712
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
21
Weight (in gr.)
9.7
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51713
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
22
Weight (in gr.)
9.31

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
23.8
Weight (in gr.)
9.48

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