Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 2

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.2

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Description typologique

  • Type d'objet: Monnaie
  • Date: mid second century BCE
  • Dénomination: Tétradrachme
  • Technique d'émission: Frappé
  • Matériau: Argent
  • Forme: cercle

  • Autorité émettrice

  • Avers/Droit

    • 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: Ménandre Ier

  • Revers

    • Légende: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ↷) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
    • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
    • Divinité: Athéna
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

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Subtype Avers/Droit Revers Exemples de ce type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 2.1
  • 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: Ménandre Ier
  • Légende: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ↷) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
  • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
  • Symbole (Dans le champ droit): Bopearachchi Monogram 182 symbol, consists of Π, Η, Δ, and Τ
  • Divinité: Athéna