HoardBaseBactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Diodotus I or Diodotus II 4
Diodotus I of Bactria, Diodotus II of Bactria · Hemidrachm · 260 - 220 BCE
Date260 - 220 BCE
AuthorityDiodotus I of Bactria, Diodotus II of Bactria
DeityZeus
DenominationHemidrachm
MaterialSilver
RegionBactria
Obverse TypeHead of Diodotus right, diademed
Reverse LegendΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ
Reverse TypeZeus standing left throwing thunderbolt in right hand and aegis over outstretched left arm, eagle at left foot
Reverse Right Field
Γ
ΓShapeRound
StateKingdom of Bactria
Symbol revΓ
ΓSymbol rev letterΜ, Υ, Π, Ρ, Ε, Τ
Monograms
Examples in Museum Databases
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Subtypes (1)
- Obverse Type
- Head of Diodotus right, diademed
- Reverse Legend
- ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΟΔΟΤΟΥ
- Reverse Type
- Zeus standing left throwing thunderbolt in right hand and aegis over outstretched left arm, eagle at left foot
- Authority
- Diodotus I of Bactria, Diodotus II of Bactria
- Deity
- Zeus
- Denomination
- Hemidrachm
- Material
- Silver
- Region
- Bactria
- Reverse Right Field
- Bopearachchi Monogram 157var, Γ
- Shape
- Round
- State
- Kingdom of Bactria
- Symbol rev
- Bopearachchi Monogram 157var, Γ
- Symbol rev letter
- Μ, Υ, Π, Ρ, Ε, Τ
Source record: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.diodotus_i_ii.4