Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 31.6

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.31.6

Parent Type: bigr.menander_i.31

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: mid second century BCE
  • Denomination: Denomination J
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Bronze
  • Shape: Rectangle

  • Authority

  • 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: Nike walking right, holding wreath in outstretched right hand, palm branch in left
    • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 174 symbol, consists of Π, Η, Ε, and Δ
    • Deity: Nike
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage