Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Archebius 12.1, Drachma, Silver, 75–65 BC. Obverse: bust of archebius, diademed and draped, wearing boeotian helmet right. Reverse: zeus standing facing, hurling thunderbolt with right hand, holding sceptre in left arm. Weight about 2.3 g, diameter 16.0 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 2.25g (5) |
| ruler | Archebius of Bactria | diameter | ⌀16.0 (3) |
| denomination | Drachma | axis | 12↕ (3) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Roman Provincial | dataset |
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obverse
Bust of Archebius, diademed and draped, wearing Boeotian helmet right
reverse
Zeus standing facing, hurling thunderbolt with right hand, holding sceptre in left arm
controlmarks
Monogram 83
Monogram 83
specimens (7)
British Museum
2.38g
British Museum
2.36g
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Cite this coin
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Archebius 12.1 (bigr.archebius.12.1), 75–65 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/bactrian-and-indo-greek-coinage-archebius-121/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA