Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 1

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.1

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Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Type: Bust of Menander I, diademed and draped right; bead and reel border
    • Portrait: Menander I of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
    • 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 1.1
  • Type: Bust of Menander I, diademed and draped right; bead and reel border
  • Portrait: Menander I of Bactria
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
  • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 77 symbol, consists of Μ and Τ
  • Deity: Athena
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 1.2
  • Type: Bust of Menander I, diademed and draped right; bead and reel border
  • Portrait: Menander I of Bactria
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
  • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 239 symbol, consists of Α, Λ, Ο, Δ, Κ, and Χ
  • Deity: Athena
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 1.3
  • Type: Bust of Menander I, diademed and draped right; bead and reel border
  • Portrait: Menander I of Bactria
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⇊) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
  • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 182 symbol, consists of Π, Η, Δ, and Τ
  • Deity: Athena

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[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Ménandre I Sôter]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
1973.35
Diameter (in mm)
31
Weight (in gr.)
14.13

Quantitative Analysis

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Diameter (in mm)
31
Weight (in gr.)
14.13

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