Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Antiochus Nicator 2.16

Antiochus Nicator of Bactria · Tetradrachm · 250 - 220 BCE

Date250 - 220 BCE

AuthorityAntiochus Nicator of Bactria

DeityZeus

DenominationTetradrachm

MaterialSilver

RegionBactria

Average Size27mm, 15.8g (based on 2 examples)

Obverse TypeHead of Antiochus Nicator right, diademed

Reverse LegendΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ

Reverse TypeZeus standing left throwing thunderbolt in right hand and aegis over outstretched left arm, eagle at left foot

ReferenceBopearachchi Diodote I&II 2I, Mitchiner 64f, Seleucid Coins (part 1) 628e

Reverse Left Field Bopearachchi Monogram 119

ShapeRound

StateKingdom of Bactria

Symbol rev Bopearachchi Monogram 119

Symbol rev letterΣ, Α

Monograms

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum