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Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Agathocles 5.1

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Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Agathocles 5.1, Tetradrachm, Silver, 199–170 BC. Obverse: head of beardless heracles right wearing lion skin headdress. Reverse: zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand. Weight about 16.7 g, diameter 32.3 mm.
obverse Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Agathocles 5.1
obverse: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress
reverse Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Agathocles 5.1
reverse: Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand
mint — weight 16.67g (1)
ruler Agathocles of Bactria diameter ⌀32.3 (1)
denomination Tetradrachm axis 12↕ (1)
material Silver technique —
country Roman Provincial dataset BIGR
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress

reverse

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

controlmarks
Monogram 117 Monogram 117
specimens (1)
BnF (BIGR)

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Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Agathocles 5.1 (bigr.agathocles.5.1), 199–170 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/bactrian-and-indo-greek-coinage-agathocles-51/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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