Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Telephus 3.1

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.telephus.3.1

Parent Type: bigr.telephus.3

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: first half first century BCE
  • Denomination: Denomination I
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Bronze
  • Shape: Rectangle

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΤΕΛΕΦΟΥ (orientation: 🠑🠒🠓) [transliteration: basileōs euergetou telephou ]
    • Type: Zeus, seated on throne, outstretched right hand, sceptre in left arm
    • Deity: Zeus

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨐𐨫𐨞𐨐𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨯 𐨟𐨅𐨫𐨁𐨥𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠑) [transliteration: mahārājasa kalanakramasa teliphasa ]
    • Type: Male figure to the right, cuirassed, holding lance over left shoulder, outstretched right arm
    • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 53 symbol, consists of and Κ
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

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