Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 37

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Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: 🠒🠓🠒) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
    • Type: Bust of Menander I diademed, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
    • Portrait: Menander I of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨨𐨅𐨣𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠐) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa menaṃdrasa ]
    • Type: Athena standing right, holding shield horizontically with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
    • Deity: Athena
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

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Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 37.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: 🠒🠓🠒) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
  • Type: Bust of Menander I diademed, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
  • Portrait: Menander I of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨨𐨅𐨣𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠐) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa menaṃdrasa ]
  • Type: Athena standing right, holding shield horizontically with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 44 symbol, consists of Δ and Τ
  • Deity: Athena
objects: 12
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 37.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: 🠒🠓🠒) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
  • Type: Bust of Menander I diademed, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
  • Portrait: Menander I of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨨𐨅𐨣𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠐) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa menaṃdrasa ]
  • Type: Athena standing right, holding shield horizontically with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 50 symbol, consists of Ε and Υ
  • Deity: Athena
objects: 5
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 37.3
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: 🠒🠓🠒) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
  • Type: Bust of Menander I diademed, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
  • Portrait: Menander I of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨨𐨅𐨣𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠐) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa menaṃdrasa ]
  • Type: Athena standing right, holding shield horizontically with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 149 symbol, consists of Π, Α, and Κ
  • Deity: Athena
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 37.4
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: 🠒🠓🠒) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros menandrou ]
  • Type: Bust of Menander I diademed, seen from behind, throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
  • Portrait: Menander I of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨨𐨅𐨣𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠐) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa menaṃdrasa ]
  • Type: Athena standing right, holding shield horizontically with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 182 symbol, consists of Π, Η, Δ, and Τ
  • Deity: Athena
objects: 4

Examples of this typeDownload CSV

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Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1944.100.74652
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
9.44
Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1944.100.74653
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
9.02
Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1944.100.74654
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
8.3
Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1944.100.74655
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
8.48
Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1973.56.1376
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
8.68
Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1979.45.112
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
8.79
Bronze Denomination I of Menander I of Bactria, Bactria, 155 BCE–130 BCE. 1993.29.56
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
21.0
Weight (in gr.)
8.55
[Monnaie : Bronze, Incertain, Bactriane, Ménandre I Sôter]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
Bopearachchi 157
Diameter (in mm)
20
Weight (in gr.)
8.61
[Monnaie : Bronze, Incertain, Bactriane, Ménandre I Sôter]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
L 3065
Diameter (in mm)
20
Weight (in gr.)
9.07
[Monnaie : Bronze, Incertain, Bactriane, Ménandre I Sôter]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.445
Diameter (in mm)
21
Weight (in gr.)
7.79
[Monnaie : Bronze, Incertain, Bactriane, Ménandre I Sôter]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
RF 8243
Diameter (in mm)
21
Weight (in gr.)
9.32
[Monnaie : Bronze, Incertain, Bactriane, Ménandre I Sôter]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
1974.413
Diameter (in mm)
22
Weight (in gr.)
9.63
British Museum: 1888,1208.309
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
9.630
British Museum: 1844,0909.6
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
8.570
British Museum: 1888,1208.310
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
8.050
British Museum: 1922,0424.2876
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
9.700
British Museum: 1860,1220.48
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
9.540
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR96480
Diameter (in mm)
23.4
Weight (in gr.)
9.03
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45279
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
20.1
Weight (in gr.)
8.66
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45280
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
21.3
Weight (in gr.)
8.98
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45277
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
21.6
Weight (in gr.)
9.08
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45278
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
22
Weight (in gr.)
9.47

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
21.22
Weight (in gr.)
8.93

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