Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Strato II 1.15

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.strato_ii.1.15

Parent Type: bigr.strato_ii.1

Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros stratōnos ]
    • Type: Bust of Strato II, diademed and draped right
    • Portrait: Strato II of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa stratasa ]
    • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
    • Symbol (Left Field): Kharoshthi 71 symbol, represents 𐨧
    • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 212 symbol, consists of Ε and Υ
    • Deity: Athena
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

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