Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Plato 2

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

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Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

  • Reverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΠΛΑΤΩΝΟΣ (orientation: ⃕→) [transliteration: basileōs epiphanous platōnos ]
    • Type: Helios, driving quadriga facing, radiate
    • Deity: Helios
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Plato 2.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΠΛΑΤΩΝΟΣ (orientation: ⃕→) [transliteration: basileōs epiphanous platōnos ]
  • Type: Helios, driving quadriga facing, radiate
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 77 symbol, consists of Μ and Τ
  • Deity: Helios
objects: 4
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Plato 2.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΠΛΑΤΩΝΟΣ (orientation: ⃕→) [transliteration: basileōs epiphanous platōnos ]
  • Type: Helios, driving quadriga facing, radiate
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 77 symbol, consists of Μ and Τ
  • Deity: Helios

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Silver Tetradrachm of Plato of Bactria, mid second century BCE. 1995.51.89
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
34.0
Weight (in gr.)
16.69
Silver Tetradrachm of Plato of Bactria, mid second century BCE 1954.11.2
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
16.57
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Platon]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
1970.177
Diameter (in mm)
32
Weight (in gr.)
16.65
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Platon]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.76
Diameter (in mm)
32
Weight (in gr.)
16.01

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
11.5
Diameter (in mm)
32.67
Weight (in gr.)
16.48

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