Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Zoilus I 4

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.zoilus_i.4

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Parent Type: bigr.zoilus_i.4

Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΖΟΙΛΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou zoilou ]
    • Type: Bust of Zoilus I, diademed and draped right
    • Portrait: Zoilus I of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨰𐨆𐨀𐨁𐨫𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa dhramikasa jhoilasa ]
    • Type: Heracles, naked, standing facing resting right hand on club, lion skin in crook of left arm, crowned by Nike, who stands on his left shoulder, holding palm branch in left arm
    • Deity: Heracles
    • Deity: Nike
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Zoilus I 4
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΖΟΙΛΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou zoilou ]
  • Type: Bust of Zoilus I, diademed and draped right
  • Portrait: Zoilus I of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨰𐨆𐨀𐨁𐨫𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa dhramikasa jhoilasa ]
  • Type: Heracles, naked, standing facing resting right hand on club, lion skin in crook of left arm, crowned by Nike, who stands on his left shoulder, holding palm branch in left arm
  • Deity: Heracles
  • Deity: Nike
objects: 3
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Zoilus I 4.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΖΟΙΛΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou zoilou ]
  • Type: Bust of Zoilus I, diademed and draped right
  • Portrait: Zoilus I of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨰𐨆𐨀𐨁𐨫𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa dhramikasa jhoilasa ]
  • Type: Heracles, naked, standing facing resting right hand on club, lion skin in crook of left arm, crowned by Nike, who stands on his left shoulder, holding palm branch in left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 42 symbol, consists of Α and Υ
  • Deity: Heracles
  • Deity: Nike
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Zoilus I 4.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΖΟΙΛΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs dikaiou zoilou ]
  • Type: Bust of Zoilus I, diademed and draped right
  • Portrait: Zoilus I of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨰𐨆𐨀𐨁𐨫𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa dhramikasa jhoilasa ]
  • Type: Heracles, naked, standing facing resting right hand on club, lion skin in crook of left arm, crowned by Nike, who stands on his left shoulder, holding palm branch in left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 44 symbol, consists of Δ and Τ
  • Deity: Heracles
  • Deity: Nike
objects: 3

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Silver Drachma of Zoilus I of Bactria, Bactria, 130 BCE–120 BCE. 1977.158.818
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
2.3
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Zoïle I]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.458
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
2.33
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Zoïle I]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.459
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
2.19

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
2.27

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