ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Menander I, diademed and draped, wearing Boeotian helmet covered with animal skin right
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mahārājasa tratarasa Menaṃdrasa (of the Great King Menander the Savior) (Kharosthi) Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 155 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams).in grams: 2.432.43 g <br />2,430 mg <br />
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΖΟΙΛΟΥ (Greek) Bust of Zoilus I, diademed and draped right (visible: diademed head, with a narrow loop above it which has to be an S)
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mahārājasa dhramikasa Jhoilasa (of the Great King Zoilos the Just) (Kharosthi) Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing resting right hand on club, lion skin in crook of left arm (visible: hand pointing left, holding a filleted wreath. Monogram: A)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.ᵖ:
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 145 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 130 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.ᵖ:
This is clearly a drachm of Zoilos I with diademed bust and standing Herakles, most probably with monogram attributed by Mitchiner to Chach (MIG 256b). This over-strike suggests that Menander and Zoilos did rule concurrently as Mitchiner states, and not consecutively as Bopearachchi has it.
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
