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Coinage
of the Bactrian Kingdom
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Bactrian Kingdom, Diodotos I and II (in the name of Antiochos II Theos of Seleukid Kingdom), AV
Stater,
c. 250 BC
(No legend)
Diademed head of Diodotos I or II right
ANTIOXOU | BASILEWS
Bearded Zeus, nude, seen from rear, advancing left, throwing thunderbolt with his raised right hand, aegis covering extended left arm, eagle
with spread wings standing left before at feet
N in left field
18.46mm, 8.37g
Mitchiner 39, Type 63a; Newell, ESM 713
Ex Glenn Woods
Image courtesy of Lawrence Woolslayer Collection
Note: Around 250 BC, Diodotus I, governor of the Seleucid kingdom in Bactria, began to secede from the Seleukid Kingdom and establish an
independent kingdom in Bactria. His coinage reflects the different phases - at first, he replaced the portrait of Antiochos II Theos
(261-246 BC) with his own and maintained the name of his sovereign on the reverse. In the second phase, he replaced the name of the Seleukid
ruler with his own. Sources state he had a son having the same name, thus making it impossible to assign issues in the name of Diodotus between
father and son.
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Bactrian Kingdom, Demetrios I, AR Tetradrachm,
c.200-185 BC
(No legend)
Diademed, draped bust right wearing elephant-skin headdress
DHMHTRIOU | BASILEWS
Herakles standing facing, crowning himself with right hand, club and lion
skin in left hand
Monogram in lower left field
32mm x 33mm, 16.28g
Bopearachchi Série 1F; SNG ANS 190
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Bactrian Kingdom,
Antimachos, AR Drachm, 171-160 BC, Taxila-Pushkalavati
Mint
BASILEWS NIKHFOROU ANTIMOXOU
Nike advancing left, wreath downward in left hand, vertical palm in right,
mint mark in left field
Kharoshthi script (Maharajasa Jayadarasa Antimkasa)
Antimachos in military dress, transverse spear in left hand, charging
right on horseback
17mm, 2.45g
Mitchener 1672;
Bopearachchi Série 1/9
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Bactrian Kingdom,
Eukratides, AR Obol, 171-165 BC, Balkh Mint
(No legend)
Diademed, draped bust right
EUKRATIDOU | BASILEWS
Pilei of the Dioscuri, vertical palm to right of each
Mint mark in lower left field
11mm x 12mm, 0.66g
Mitchener 1721; Bopearachchi Série 13/17
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Bactrian Kingdom, Eukratides, AE Quadruple Unit (Indian Standard), 171-165 BC
BASILEWS-MEGALOU-EUKRATIDOU
Helmeted bust right
Karosthi legend above and beneath
The Dioskouroi on horseback prancing right, each holding spear and palm
Monogram | E across fields
21mm, 8.15g
Sear GCV, Vol II, 7582; Mitchiner 190k; BMC India 16, 36
Ex Harlan J Berk, CICF show, April 2000
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Bactrian Kingdom, Apollodotus, AR Drachm, 160-150 BC, Taxila
Mint
BAΣIΛEΩΣ-AΠOΛΛOΔOTOY-ΣΩTHPOΣ
Elephant standing right, AI below
Kharoshthi script (Maharajasa Apaladatasa tratasara)
Humped bull standing right, A below
15mm x 17mm across the flats, 2.38g
Mitchener 1754;
Bopearachchi Série 4
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Bactrian Kingdom, Apollodotus, AR Drachm, 160-150 BC, Taxila
Mint
BAΣIΛEΩΣ-AΠOΛΛOΔOTOY-ΣΩTHPOΣ
Elephant standing right, KP ligate below
Kharoshthi script (Maharajasa Apaladatasa tratasara)
Humped bull standing right, C below
16mm across the flats, 2.44g
Mitchener 1754;
Bopearachchi Série 4
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Bactrian Kingdom,
Menander, AR Drachm, 160-145 BC, Taxila-Pushkalavati
Mint
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / MENANΔPOY
Diademed, draped bust right
Kharoshthi script (Maharajasa tratasara Menandrasa)
Pallas standing left, shield in left hand, hurling thunderbolt with raised
right hand
Mint mark in left field
16mm x 17mm, 2.30g
Mitchener 1769;
Bopearachchi Série 13/70
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Bactrian Kingdom,
Menander, AR Drachm, 160-145 BC, Taxila-Pushkalavati
Mint
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / MENANΔPOY
Diademed, draped bust right
Kharoshthi script (Maharajasa tratasara Menandrasa)
Pallas standing left, shield in left hand, hurling thunderbolt with raised
right hand
Mint mark in right field
15mm x 17mm, 2.36g
Mitchener 1786;
Bopearachchi Série 6/11
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Bactrian Kingdom, Menander, AR Drachm, 160-145 BC, Taxila-Pushkalavati
Mint
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / MENANΔPOY
Diademed, heroically nude bust of Menander left, seen from behind, aegis
over left shoulder, hurling javelin with right hand
Kharoshthi script (Maharajasa tratasara Menandrasa)
Pallas standing left, seen from behind, shield embossed with gorgon in left hand, hurling thunderbolt with raised
right hand
Mint mark in right field
16mm x 18mm, 2.48g
Mitchener 1787;
Bopearachchi Série 9
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Bactrian Kingdom,
Menander, AR Drachm, 160-145 BC, Taxila-Pushkalavati
Mint
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / MENANΔPOY
Diademed, heroically nude bust of Menander left, seen from behind, aegis
over left shoulder, hurling javelin with right hand
Kharoshthi script (Maharajasa tratasara Menandrasa)
Pallas standing left, seen from behind, shield embossed with gorgon in left hand, hurling thunderbolt with raised
right hand
Mint mark in right field
17mm x 18mm, 2.37g
Mitchener 1787;
Bopearachchi Série 9
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Bactrian Kingdom,
Menander, AE Chalkous, 160-145 BC, Taxila-Pushkalavati
Mint
BAΣIΛEΩΣ-ΣΩTHPOΣ / MENANΔPOY
Head of elephant right wearing bell, A below
Kharoshthi script (Maharajasa tratasara Menandrasa)
Vertical club
Mint mark in right field
14mm x 15mm across the flats, 2.06g
Bopearachchi Série 28
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Bactrian Kingdom,
Menander, AE Chalkous, 160-145 BC, Taxila-Pushkalavati
Mint
BAΣIΛEΩΣ-ΣΩTHPOΣ / MENANΔPOY
Head of elephant right wearing bell
Kharoshthi script (Maharajasa tratasara Menandrasa)
Vertical club
Mint mark in left and right fields
14mm across the flats, 3.03g
Bopearachchi Série 28
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Bactrian Kingdom,
Menander, AE Chalkous, 160-145 BC, Taxila-Pushkalavati
Mint
BAΣIΛEΩΣ-ΣΩTHPOΣ / MENANΔPOY
Head of elephant right wearing bell
Kharoshthi script (Maharajasa tratasara Menandrasa)
Vertical club
Mint mark in right field
15mm x 16 across the flats, 3.06g
Bopearachchi Série 28
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Bactrian Kingdom, Zoilos I, AE Hemiobol, c150-145 BC, Chach Mint
BAΣIΛEΩΣ-ΔIKAIOY / ΞΩIΛOY
Bust of Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress
Kharoshthi script (Maharajasa dhramikasa Jhoilasa)
Club and bow in case in wreath
21mm across the flats, 7.77g
Mitchener 1834;
Bopearachchi Série 6
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Bactrian Kingdom, Antialkidas, AR Drachm, 145-135 BC, Taxila-Pushkalavati
Mint
BASILEWS NIKHFOROU / ANTIALKIDOU
Diademed, draped bust right
Kharoshthi script (Maharajasa Jayadarasa Antialkidasa)
Zeus enthroned left, Nike in right hand, short transverse scepter in left,
forepart of elephant right at left
Mint mark under throne
16mm x 17mm, 2.09g
Mitchener 1840;
Bopearachchi Série 10/B
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Bactrian Kingdom, Hermaios, AR Drachm, c.105-90 BC, Taxila-Pushkalavati
Mint
BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / EPMAIOY
Diademed, draped bust right
Kharoshthi script (Maharajasa Tratarasa Heramayasa)
Zeus enthroned three-quarters left, short transverse scepter in left hand,
gesturing with right
Mint mark in right field
16mm x 17mm, 2.12g
Bopearachchi Série 3/F
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