Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Antiochus Nicator 4

Antiochus Nicator of Bactria · Hemidrachm · 250 - 220 BCE

Date250 - 220 BCE

AuthorityAntiochus Nicator of Bactria

DeityZeus

DenominationHemidrachm

MaterialSilver

RegionBactria

Average Size13mm, 1.5g (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 4, Mitchiner 69, Seleucid Coins (part 1) 637, Bopearachchi Diodote I&II 4A, Mitchiner 69a, Seleucid Coins (part 1) 637.1

Reverse Left FieldΓ Bopearachchi Monogram 29

trident

Reverse Right Field Bopearachchi Monogram 148var

ShapeRound

StateKingdom of Bactria

Symbol revΓ Bopearachchi Monogram 148var

trident

Symbol rev letterΜ, Π, Δ, Ρ, Ο, Α, Ν

Monograms

Examples in Museum Databases (2 specimens)

American Numismatic Society (MANTIS)

Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum

Subtypes (4)

Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Antiochus Nicator 4.1250 - 220 BCE

Obverse Type: Head of Antiochus Nicator right, diademed
Reverse Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ
Reverse Type: Zeus standing left throwing thunderbolt in right hand and aegis over outstretched left arm, eagle at left foot
Authority: Antiochus Nicator of Bactria
Deity: Zeus
Denomination: Hemidrachm
Material: Silver
Reference: Bopearachchi Diodote I&II 4A, Mitchiner 69a
Region: Bactria
Reverse Left Field: Bopearachchi Monogram 29
Shape: Round
State: Kingdom of Bactria
Symbol rev: Bopearachchi Monogram 29
Symbol rev letter: Δ, Ρ, Ο

Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Antiochus Nicator 4.2250 - 220 BCE

Obverse Type: Head of Antiochus Nicator right, diademed
Reverse Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ
Reverse Type: Zeus standing left throwing thunderbolt in right hand and aegis over outstretched left arm, eagle at left foot
Authority: Antiochus Nicator of Bactria
Deity: Zeus
Denomination: Hemidrachm
Material: Silver
Region: Bactria
Reverse Right Field: Bopearachchi Monogram 29, Bopearachchi Monogram 15
Shape: Round
State: Kingdom of Bactria
Symbol rev: Bopearachchi Monogram 29, Bopearachchi Monogram 15
Symbol rev letter: Δ, Ρ, Ο, Α, Ν

Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Antiochus Nicator 4.3250 - 220 BCE

Obverse Type: Head of Antiochus Nicator right, diademed
Reverse Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ
Reverse Type: Zeus standing left throwing thunderbolt in right hand and aegis over outstretched left arm, eagle at left foot
Authority: Antiochus Nicator of Bactria
Deity: Zeus
Denomination: Hemidrachm
Material: Silver
Region: Bactria
Reverse Left Field: Γ
Reverse Right Field: Bopearachchi Monogram 148var, Bopearachchi Monogram 29
Shape: Round
State: Kingdom of Bactria
Symbol rev: Γ, Bopearachchi Monogram 148var, Bopearachchi Monogram 29
Symbol rev letter: Μ, Π, Δ, Ρ, Ο

Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Antiochus Nicator 4.4250 - 220 BCE

Obverse Type: Head of Antiochus Nicator right, diademed
Reverse Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ
Reverse Type: Zeus standing left throwing thunderbolt in right hand and aegis over outstretched left arm, eagle at left foot
Authority: Antiochus Nicator of Bactria
Deity: Zeus
Denomination: Hemidrachm
Material: Silver
Reference: Seleucid Coins (part 1) 637.1
Region: Bactria
Reverse Left Field: trident
Reverse Right Field: Bopearachchi Monogram 148var
Shape: Round
State: Kingdom of Bactria
Symbol rev: trident, Bopearachchi Monogram 148var
Symbol rev letter: Μ, Π

Source record: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.antiochus_nicator.4