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South Asia

The South Asian coin collection is one of the best in Europe with approximately 40,000 coins. The strength of the collection lies in holdings of Gandharan coinages, including the Indo-Greeks, the Indo-Scythians and the Indo-Parthians, which constitute the bulk of historical evidence for a period (c. 200 BC – AD 100) for which precious little other evidence is on hand. The collection represents other series of coinages from the Indian subcontinent very well; amongst these are coins of the Western Kshatrapas, the Guptas, the Huns, the Indian Sultanates, the Mughals and the Indian Princely States. Colonial coinages of Western mercantile companies such as the British, French and Dutch East India Companies are also represented well. The collection also has representative examples of related coinages, such as those of Burma, the Malayan peninsula and the East Indies.

Indo-Greek coin (HCR84356)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Eucratides I

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Tetradrachm

Dating

late second to first century BCE

Obverse

Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear

Reverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, Dioscuri on horseback galloping right, wearing pilei and cuirasses holding spears in right hands and palms in left

Indo-Greek coin (HCR84357)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Eucratides I

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Drachm (Indian Standard)

Dating

late second to first century BCE

Obverse

Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear

Reverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, Dioscuri on horseback galloping right, wearing pilei and cuirasses holding spears in right hands and palms in left

Indo-Greek coin (HCR84358)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Eucratides I

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Drachm

Dating

late second to first century BCE

Obverse

Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear

Reverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, Dioscuri on horseback galloping right, wearing pilei and cuirasses holding spears in right hands and palms in left

Indo-Greek coin (HCR84359)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Eucratides I

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Tetradrachm

Dating

late second to first century BCE

Obverse

Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear

Reverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, Dioscuri on horseback galloping right, wearing pilei and cuirasses holding spears in right hands and palms in left

Indo-Greek coin (HCR84360)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Eucratides I

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Tetradrachm

Dating

late second to first century BCE

Obverse

Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear

Reverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, Dioscuri on horseback galloping right, wearing pilei and cuirasses holding spears in right hands and palms in left

Indo-Greek coin (HCR84361)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Eucratides I

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Tetradrachm

Dating

late second to first century BCE

Obverse

Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear

Reverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, Dioscuri on horseback galloping right, wearing pilei and cuirasses holding spears in right hands and palms in left

Indo-Greek coin (HCR84363)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Eucratides I

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Obol

Dating

late second to first century BCE

Obverse

Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear

Reverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ, Two pilei with stars, palms to right of each

Indo-Greek coin (HCR51838)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Lysias

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Drachm (Indian Standard)

Dating

second half second century BCE

Obverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ, Bust of Lysias, diademed and draped right

Reverse

𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨫𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨀𐨯, Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club, palm branch and lion skin in crook of left arm

Indo-Greek coin (HCR51839)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Lysias

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Drachm (Indian Standard)

Dating

second half second century BCE

Obverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ, Bust of Lysias, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet

Reverse

𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨫𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨐𐨯, Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club, palm branch and lion skin in crook of left arm

Indo-Greek coin (HCR51840)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Lysias

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Drachm (Indian Standard)

Dating

second half second century BCE

Obverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ, Bust of Lysias, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet

Reverse

Indo-Greek coin (HCR51841)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Lysias

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Drachm (Indian Standard)

Dating

second half second century BCE

Obverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ, Bust of Lysias, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet

Reverse

Indo-Greek coin (HCR51842)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Lysias

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Drachm (Indian Standard)

Dating

second half second century BCE

Obverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ, Bust of Lysias, diademed, seen from behind, wearing Boeotian helmet covered with animal skin, throwing spear with right arm, carrying elephant's head as an aegis over left arm

Reverse

Indo-Greek coin (HCR51843)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Lysias

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Drachm (Indian Standard)

Dating

second half second century BCE

Obverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ, Bust of Lysias, diademed and draped right, wearing Boiotian helmet adorned with bull's ear and horn

Reverse

Indo-Greek coin (HCR51844)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Lysias

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Drachm (Indian Standard)

Dating

second half second century BCE

Obverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ, Bust of Lysias, diademed and draped right, wearing Boiotian helmet adorned with bull's ear and horn

Reverse

Indo-Greek coin (HCR51845)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Lysias

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Drachm (Indian Standard)

Dating

second half second century BCE

Obverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ, Bust of Lysias, diademed and draped right, wearing kausia

Reverse

Indo-Greek coin (HCR51846)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Lysias

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

Drachm (Indian Standard)

Dating

second half second century BCE

Obverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ, Bust of Lysias, diademed and draped right, wearing kausia

Reverse

Indo-Greek coin (HCR51847)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Lysias

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

denomination I (Indo-Greek)

Dating

second half second century BCE

Obverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ, Head of Heracles right, draped, with club over left shoulder

Reverse

𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨫𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨐𐨯, Elephant walking right

Indo-Greek coin (HCR51848)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Lysias

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

denomination I (Indo-Greek)

Dating

second half second century BCE

Obverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ, Head of Heracles right, draped, with club over left shoulder

Reverse

𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨫𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨐𐨯, Elephant walking right

Indo-Greek coin (HCR51849)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Lysias

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

denomination I (Indo-Greek)

Dating

second half second century BCE

Obverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ, Head of Heracles right, draped, with club over left shoulder

Reverse

𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨫𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨐𐨯, Elephant walking right

Indo-Greek coin (HCR51850)

Period

Indo-Greek

Person

Lysias

Mint

uncertain Indo-Greek mint (Indo-Greek)

Denom.

denomination I (Indo-Greek)

Dating

second half second century BCE

Obverse

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ, Head of Heracles right, draped, with club over left shoulder

Reverse

𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨀𐨤𐨜𐨁𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨫𐨁𐨯𐨁𐨐𐨯, Elephant walking right