Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 2.1

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.2.1

Parent Type: bigr.menander_i.2

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 left, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder, wearing Boeotian helmet with three plumes; 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
    • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 182 symbol, consists of Π, Η, Δ, and Τ
    • Deity: Athena
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage