coin / Bronze / Copper
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1991.02.0178
- Object Name
- coin
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Coins
- Weight
- 8.05
- Quantity
- 1
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Artifact Obverse Inscription
- [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] to left;
- [Μ]ΕΓΑΛΟΥ above;
- [Ε]ΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ below
- Verbatim Date
- 171-145 BC
- Production Site
- site
- Denomination
- bronze_square_24_x_25
- Authority
- Eucratides_I
- Mint
- Bactria
- Coin Axis
- dies orientation: 12
- Overstruck
- no
- Countermark
- no
- Pierced
- no
- Coin Obverse Description
- Helmeted bust of Eucratides I right, draped
- Coin Obverse Inscription
- [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] to left;
- [Μ]ΕΓΑΛΟΥ above;
- [Ε]ΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ below
- Coin Reverse Description
- Dioscuri on horseback prancing right, each holding spear and palm, Karosthi legend above and beneath, monogram below horses’ forelegs. Monogram: Bop 259
- Inscription Obverse Text
- [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] to left;
- [Μ]ΕΓΑΛΟΥ above;
- [Ε]ΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ below
- Publication Title
- Catalogue of Indian Coins in the British Museum - Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India
- Monnaies Greco-Bactriennes et Indo-Grecques
- Greek Coins and Their Values, Vol. 2: Asia and North Africa
- Publication Author
- Gardner, Percy (ed. by Reginald Stuart Poole)
- Bopearachchi, Osmund
- Sear, David R.
- Publication Year
- 1886
- 1991
- 1979
- Class Title
- Intermediate Greek I (F2017)
- The Rise and Fall of Mediterranean Civilizations (F2023)
- Class Instructor
- Leontis, Artemis
- Galaty, Michael
- Class Department
- MODGREEK
- ANTHRARC
- Class Number
- 301
- 287
- Class Year
- 2017
- 2023
- Class Semester
- Fall
- Type Category
- Numismatic
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 177 KB
- Record
- 1991.02.0178
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0178/1991_02_0178p02.tif
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"coin; Bronze; Copper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0178/1991_02_0178p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.