Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Philoxenus 2.1

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.philoxenus.2.1

Parent Type: bigr.philoxenus.2

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
    • Symbol (Right Field): Σ / Bopearachchi Monogram 199 symbol, consists of Π, Ν, and Ξ
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

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