Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Strato I 32

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.strato_i.32

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: late second/early first century BCE
  • Denomination: Tetradrachm
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Silver
  • Shape: Round

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs epiphanous sotēros stratōnos ]
    • Type: Bust of Strato I, diademed and draped, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's ear and horn right
    • Portrait: Strato I of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨕𐨖𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa pracachasa tratarasa stratasa ]
    • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
    • Deity: Athena
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Strato I 32.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs epiphanous sotēros stratōnos ]
  • Type: Bust of Strato I, diademed and draped, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's ear and horn right
  • Portrait: Strato I of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨕𐨖𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa pracachasa tratarasa stratasa ]
  • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 227 symbol, consists of Τ, Δ, and Φ
  • Deity: Athena
objects: 4
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Strato I 32.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs epiphanous sotēros stratōnos ]
  • Type: Bust of Strato I, diademed and draped, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's ear and horn right
  • Portrait: Strato I of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨕𐨖𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa pracachasa tratarasa stratasa ]
  • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 244 symbol, consists of Ν, Ι, and Δ
  • Deity: Athena
objects: 5

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Silver Tetradrachm of Strato I of Bactria, Bactria, 125 BCE–110 BCE. 1944.100.74697
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
8.89
Silver Tetradrachm of Strato I of Bactria, Bactria, 130 BCE–110 BCE. 1995.51.148
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
25.0
Weight (in gr.)
9.44
Silver Tetradrachm of Strato I of Bactria, Bactria, 130 BCE–110 BCE. 1995.51.151
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
28.0
Weight (in gr.)
8.73
British Museum: 1869,0102.4
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
8.610
British Museum: 1922,0424.155
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
9.620
British Museum: 1922,0424.168
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
8.970
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51820
Axis
1
Diameter (in mm)
24
Weight (in gr.)
9.33
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51819
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
22
Weight (in gr.)
9.44
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR51821
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
22
Weight (in gr.)
9.36

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
10.17
Diameter (in mm)
24.2
Weight (in gr.)
9.15

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