Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Philoxenus 1

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.philoxenus.1

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Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Type: Bust of Philoxenus, diademed and draped right; bead and reel border

  • Reverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΥ [transliteration: basileōs anikētou philoxenou ]
    • Type: Deified ruler riding on horse, wearing helmet and cuirass right
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Philoxenus 1.1
  • Type: Bust of Philoxenus, diademed and draped right; bead and reel border
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΥ [transliteration: basileōs anikētou philoxenou ]
  • Type: Deified ruler riding on horse, wearing helmet and cuirass right
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 182 symbol, consists of Π, Η, Δ, and Τ
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Philoxenus 1.2
  • Type: Bust of Philoxenus, diademed and draped right; bead and reel border
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΥ [transliteration: basileōs anikētou philoxenou ]
  • Type: Deified ruler riding on horse, wearing helmet and cuirass right
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 227 symbol, consists of Τ, Δ, and Φ
object: 1

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Silver Tetradrachm of Philoxenus of Bactria, Bactria, 110 BCE–80 BCE. 1995.51.146
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
33.0
Weight (in gr.)
16.68
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Philoxène]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
1977.402
Diameter (in mm)
36
Weight (in gr.)
16.53

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
34.5
Weight (in gr.)
16.6

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