Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander II 1.2

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.menander_ii.1.2

Parent Type: bigr.menander_ii.1

Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou menandrou ]
    • Type: Bust of Menander II, diademed and draped right
    • Portrait: Menander II of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨨𐨅𐨣𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa dhramikasa menaṃdrasa ]
    • Type: Nike with halo walking right holding wreath in outstretched right hand and palm in left hand
    • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 244 symbol, consists of Ν, Ι, and Δ
    • Deity: Nike
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage