Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 21

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.21

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Typological Description

Object Type: Coin
Date: mid second century BCE
Denomination: Denomination I
Manufacture: Struck
Material: Bronze
Shape: Rectangle
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: Head of Athena, wearing crested Corinthian helmet right
- Deity: Athena
Reverse
- Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨨𐨅𐨣𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠑) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa menaṃdrasa ]
- Type: Round shield decorated with aegis, gorgoneion in centre
TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Reference: Bopearachchi Ménandre I 19

Subtypes

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Subtype	Obverse	Reverse	Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 21.1https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.21	Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: 🠑🠒🠓) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ] Type: Head of Athena, wearing crested Corinthian helmet right Deity: Athena	Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨨𐨅𐨣𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠑) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa menaṃdrasa ] Type: Round shield decorated with aegis, gorgoneion in centre Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 77 , consists of Μ and Τ	objects: 11
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 21.2https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.21	Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: 🠑🠒🠓) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ] Type: Head of Athena, wearing crested Corinthian helmet right Deity: Athena	Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨨𐨅𐨣𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠑) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa menaṃdrasa ] Type: Round shield decorated with aegis, gorgoneion in centre Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 79 , consists of Η, Υ, and Π	object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 21.3https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.21	Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: 🠑🠒🠓) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ] Type: Head of Athena, wearing crested Corinthian helmet right Deity: Athena	Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨨𐨅𐨣𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠑) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa menaṃdrasa ] Type: Round shield decorated with aegis, gorgoneion in centre Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 182 , consists of Π, Η, Δ, and Τ	objects: 6
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 21.4https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.21	Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: 🠑🠒🠓) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ] Type: Head of Athena, wearing crested Corinthian helmet right Deity: Athena	Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨨𐨅𐨣𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠑) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa menaṃdrasa ] Type: Round shield decorated with aegis, gorgoneion in centre Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 46var , consists of Ε and Ι

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Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1944.100.74647

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 5.97

Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1944.100.74648

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 5.43

Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1944.100.74649

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 9.55

Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1944.100.74650

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 9.31

Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1944.100.74651

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 8.99

Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1973.56.1375

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 8.6

Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1979.45.117

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 9.2

Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1979.45.118

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 4.86

Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1982.180.2

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Weight (in gr.): 8.62

Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1993.29.55

Collection: American Numismatic Society
Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 22.0
Weight (in gr.): 7.7

[Monnaie : Bronze, Incertain, Bactriane, Ménandre I Sôter]

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: L 2883
Diameter (in mm): 20
Weight (in gr.): 9.16

[Monnaie : Bronze, Incertain, Bactriane, Ménandre I Sôter]

Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier: Bopearachchi 151
Diameter (in mm): 22
Weight (in gr.): 9.43

British Museum: 1894,0506.1058

Collection: British Museum

British Museum: 1888,1208.319

Collection: British Museum
Weight (in gr.): 9.350

British Museum: 1894,0506.1059

Collection: British Museum
Weight (in gr.): 8.270

British Museum: 1859,0301.48

Collection: British Museum
Weight (in gr.): 5.840

British Museum: 1888,1208.318

Collection: British Museum
Weight (in gr.): 5.960

British Museum: 1859,0301.49

Collection: British Museum
Weight (in gr.): 8.200

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR45269
Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 19.8
Weight (in gr.): 7.98

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR45273
Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 20.7
Weight (in gr.): 8.7

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR45272
Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 20.8
Weight (in gr.): 10.58

Indo-Greek coin

Collection: Ashmolean Museum
Identifier: HCR45271
Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 20.9
Weight (in gr.): 7.34

Quantitative Analysis

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Axis: 12
Diameter (in mm): 20.89
Weight (in gr.): 8.05

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Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 21

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