Indo-Greek coin – HCR54064

Obverse

Inscription:

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ

Design:

Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse

Inscription:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ

Design:

Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand

Information

Period

Indo-Greek

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

early second century BCE

Note

CSG: incorrectly known as HCR54064, properly known as HCR43820, with which it clashes

Person

Alexander III of Macedon, 336 BC–323 BC, Agathocles

Reign

Agathocles

Denomination

Tetradrachm

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

16.67

Axis

Diameter (mm)

32.3

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

1/7/2010

Source

A. Hollis

Acquisition credit

purchased through anonymous benefaction.

Reference

BNBact : 12B

Reference

BIGR : https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.agathocles.5.1

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, cgallacher, SGlenn