Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 4.4

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_i.4.4

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Parent Type: bigr.menander_i.4

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: mid second century BCE
  • Denomination: Drachma
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Silver
  • Shape: Round

  • 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
    • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 79 symbol, consists of Η, Υ, and Π
    • Deity: Athena
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

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Silver Drachma of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE 1944.100.74556
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
1
Weight (in gr.)
2.43
Hoard
IGCH 1928
Silver Drachma of Menander I of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1979.45.104
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
2.19
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Ménandre I Sôter]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.429
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
2.45
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Ménandre I Sôter]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.428
Diameter (in mm)
18
Weight (in gr.)
2.44
British Museum: OR.5252
Collection
British Museum
British Museum: OR.5253
Collection
British Museum
British Museum: 1922,0424.227
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.440
British Museum: 1838,EIC.17
Collection
British Museum
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
2.450
Findspot
Charikar
British Museum: 1838,EIC.14
Collection
British Museum
Diameter (in mm)
18
Weight (in gr.)
2.480
Findspot
Charikar
British Museum: 1894,0506.887
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.230
British Museum: 1922,0424.232
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.450
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR53854
Axis
1
Diameter (in mm)
14
Weight (in gr.)
2.45
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR53852
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
13
Weight (in gr.)
2.4
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR53855
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
13
Weight (in gr.)
2.49
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR53853
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
14
Weight (in gr.)
2.37

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
8.33
Diameter (in mm)
15.5
Weight (in gr.)
2.41

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