Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Telephus 1.1

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.telephus.1.1

Parent Type: bigr.telephus.1

Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΤΕΛΕΦΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs euergetou telephou ]
    • Type: Male anguiped standing facing, holding in each raised hand a flower with trailing root

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨐𐨫𐨞𐨐𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨯 𐨟𐨅𐨫𐨁𐨥𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa kalanakramasa teliphasa ]
    • Type: Helios standing slightly to the left, holding sceptre, Selene standing to right, wearing crescent headress
    • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 14 symbol, consists of Α and Τ
    • Deity: Helios
    • Deity: Selene
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage