Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 16.1

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.16.1

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Typological Description

Object Type: Coin
Date: mid second century BCE
Denomination: Drachma
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, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
- 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 77 , consists of Μ and Τ
- Deity: Athena
TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Reference: Bopearachchi Ménandre I 7A
Reference: Mitchiner 224e

Map

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Silver Drachma of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1944.100.74575

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 11
Weight (in gr.): 2.39

Silver Drachma of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1973.56.1361

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 11
Weight (in gr.): 2.46

Silver Drachma of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE 1923.150.355

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 2.28

Silver Drachma of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1941.131.1061

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 2.48

Silver Drachma of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1944.100.74574

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 2.42

Silver Drachma of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1944.100.74576

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 2.3

Silver Drachma of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1973.56.1362

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 2.21

Silver Drachma of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1979.45.107

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 2.38

Silver Drachma of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1995.51.133

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 2.46

Silver Drachma of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1944.100.74573

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 2.46
Hoard: IGCH 1928

Silver Drachma of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1993.29.45

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 16.0
Weight (in gr.): 2.36

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

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: R 3681.410
Diameter (in mm): 15
Weight (in gr.): 2.35

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

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: Bopearachchi 27
Diameter (in mm): 16
Weight (in gr.): 2.44

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

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: Bopearachchi 33
Diameter (in mm): 16
Weight (in gr.): 2.25

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

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: R 3681.414
Diameter (in mm): 16
Weight (in gr.): 2.02

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

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: R 3681.415
Diameter (in mm): 16
Weight (in gr.): 2.26

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

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: 1965.323
Diameter (in mm): 17
Weight (in gr.): 2.42

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

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: 1972.1340.5
Diameter (in mm): 17
Weight (in gr.): 2.35

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

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: 1972.871.9
Diameter (in mm): 17
Weight (in gr.): 2.45

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

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: R 3681.411
Diameter (in mm): 17
Weight (in gr.): 2.16

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

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: R 3681.413
Diameter (in mm): 17
Weight (in gr.): 2.26

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

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: R 3681.416
Diameter (in mm): 18
Weight (in gr.): 2.11

British Museum: 1841,1211.1

Collection: British Museum
Weight (in gr.): 2.430

British Museum: 1894,0506.885

Collection: British Museum

British Museum: 1888,1208.308

Collection: British Museum
Weight (in gr.): 2.510

British Museum: 1894,0506.877

Collection: British Museum
Weight (in gr.): 2.360

British Museum: 1922,0424.224

Collection: British Museum
Weight (in gr.): 2.380

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR53880
Axis: 1
Diameter (in mm): 13
Weight (in gr.): 2.44

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR53881
Axis: 1
Diameter (in mm): 14
Weight (in gr.): 2.4

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR53882
Axis: 11
Diameter (in mm): 13
Weight (in gr.): 1.85

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR53879
Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 12
Weight (in gr.): 2.45

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR53878
Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 13
Weight (in gr.): 2.41

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR53883
Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 13
Weight (in gr.): 2.42

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR53877
Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 14
Weight (in gr.): 2.43

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis: 10.61
Diameter (in mm): 15.26
Weight (in gr.): 2.34

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Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 16.1

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