Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Zoilus II 2.5

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.zoilus_ii.2.5

Parent Type: bigr.zoilus_ii.2

Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

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

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨰𐨆𐨀𐨁𐨫𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa jhoilasa ]
    • Type: Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
    • Symbol (Left Field): Kharoshthi 61 symbol, represents 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨁
    • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 154 symbol, consists of Π, Κ, and Ρ
    • Symbol (Right Field): Kharoshthi 24 symbol - symbol, represents 𐨗
    • Deity: Athena
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

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