Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Philoxenus 6

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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

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou philoxenou ]
    • Type: Bust of Philoxenus, diademed, seen from behind, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
    • Portrait: Philoxenus of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨥𐨁𐨫𐨯𐨁𐨣𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apaḍihatasa philasinasa ]
    • 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 6.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou philoxenou ]
  • Type: Bust of Philoxenus, diademed, seen from behind, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
  • Portrait: Philoxenus of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨥𐨁𐨫𐨯𐨁𐨣𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apaḍihatasa philasinasa ]
  • Type: Deified ruler riding on horse, wearing helmet and cuirass right
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 63 symbol, consists of Κ, Ρ, and Δ
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Philoxenus 6.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou philoxenou ]
  • Type: Bust of Philoxenus, diademed, seen from behind, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
  • Portrait: Philoxenus of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨥𐨁𐨫𐨯𐨁𐨣𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apaḍihatasa philasinasa ]
  • Type: Deified ruler riding on horse, wearing helmet and cuirass right
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 107 symbol, consists of Ο, Φ, and Τ
objects: 2
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Philoxenus 6.3
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou philoxenou ]
  • Type: Bust of Philoxenus, diademed, seen from behind, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
  • Portrait: Philoxenus of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨥𐨁𐨫𐨯𐨁𐨣𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apaḍihatasa philasinasa ]
  • Type: Deified ruler riding on horse, wearing helmet and cuirass right
  • Symbol (Below): Σ
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 199 symbol, consists of Π, Ν, and Ξ
objects: 4
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Philoxenus 6.4
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs anikētou philoxenou ]
  • Type: Bust of Philoxenus, diademed, seen from behind, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear throwing spear with right arm, aegis over left shoulder
  • Portrait: Philoxenus of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨥𐨁𐨫𐨯𐨁𐨣𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa apaḍihatasa philasinasa ]
  • Type: Deified ruler riding on horse, wearing helmet and cuirass right
  • Symbol (Below): Bopearachchi Monogram 120var symbol, consists of Σ and Α
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 199 symbol, consists of Π, Ν, and Ξ

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Silver Tetradrachm of Philoxenus of Bactria, second half second century BCE 1944.100.74779
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
9.65
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Philoxène]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
1974.405
Diameter (in mm)
26
Weight (in gr.)
9.48
British Museum: 1885,0403.2
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
9.060
British Museum: 1925,0604.1
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
9.140
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51954
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
22
Weight (in gr.)
8.24
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51953
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
24
Weight (in gr.)
9.5

Quantitative Analysis

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Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
24
Weight (in gr.)
9.18

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