Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander II 2

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

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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, wearing Boeotian helmet covered with animal skin
    • 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
    • Deity: Nike
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander II 2.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou menandrou ]
  • Type: Bust of Menander II, diademed and draped right, wearing Boeotian helmet covered with animal skin
  • Portrait: Menander II of Bactria
  • 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 (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 210 symbol, consists of and Υ
  • Deity: Nike
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander II 2.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou menandrou ]
  • Type: Bust of Menander II, diademed and draped right, wearing Boeotian helmet covered with animal skin
  • Portrait: Menander II of Bactria
  • 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 (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 270 symbol, consists of and Ρ
  • Deity: Nike
object: 1

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British Museum: 1888,1208.290
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British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.090

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Weight (in gr.)
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