Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 14.4, Drachma, Silver, 160–135 BC. Obverse: bust of menander i, diademed and draped, wearing boeotian helmet covered with animal skin right buste de. Reverse: athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand. Weight about 2.4 g, diameter 15.8 mm.
| mint | — | weight | 2.43g (17) |
| ruler | Menander I of Bactria | diameter | ⌀15.8 (11) |
| denomination | Drachma | axis | 12↕ (10) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Roman Provincial | dataset |
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obverse
Bust of Menander I, diademed and draped, wearing Boeotian helmet covered with animal skin right Buste de
reverse
Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand
controlmarks
Monogram 73
Monogram 73
specimens (24)
British Museum
2.44g
⌀17.0
British Museum
2.46g
British Museum
2.32g
British Museum
2.44g
British Museum
2.47g
British Museum
British Museum
2.51g
British Museum
2.45g
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KENOM — Winterthur
2.38g
⌀19.0
11↕
British Museum
British Museum
British Museum
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Cite this coin
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Menander I 14.4 (bigr.menander_i.14.4), 160–135 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/bactrian-and-indo-greek-coinage-menander-i-144/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA