Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Lysias 8.2, Drachma, Silver, 130–120 BC. Obverse: bust of lysias, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet buste de lysias. Reverse: heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club, palm branch and lion skin in crook of left arm. Weight about 2.3 g, diameter 15.2 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 2.32g (5) |
| ruler | Lysias Anicetus | diameter | ⌀15.2 (3) |
| denomination | Drachma | axis | 8↕ (3) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Roman Provincial | dataset |
BIGR
ODC-ODbL |
obverse
Bust of Lysias, diademed and draped right, wearing elephant scalp helmet Buste de Lysias
reverse
Heracles, wreathed, naked, standing facing crowning head with wreath in right hand, club, palm branch and lion skin in crook of left arm
controlmarks
Monogram 124
Monogram 124
specimens (6)
British Museum
2.39g
BnF (BIGR)
British Museum
2.24g
BnF (BIGR)
BnF (BIGR)
NNC (DNB)
2.11g
⌀15.6
12↕
Cite this coin
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Lysias 8.2 (bigr.lysias.8.2), 130–120 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/bactrian-and-indo-greek-coinage-lysias-82/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA