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Object Type: coin
Museum number: IOC.116
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Winged Nike standing to left, holding palm branch and fillet.Monogram in left field. Greek inscription. (obverse); Rider on horseback to right, wearing a causia, diadem and chlamys. (reverse)
Authority: Ruler: Antimachus II
Cultures/periods: Indo-Greek
Production date: 160 BC-155 BC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Afghanistan
Excavator/field collector: Field Collection by: Charles Masson
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Begram (or); Found/Acquired: Charikar, Either collected at Begram, or one of a parcel of 120 Indo-Greek silver coins (5 Antimachus, 7 Apollodotus, 108 Menander) from Hazarajat (central Afghanistan) purchased by Masson at Charikar.
Materials: silver
Dimensions: Diameter: 17 millimetres; Weight: 2.480 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Wilson 1841 / Ariana Antiqua. A Descriptive Account of the Antiquities and Coins of Afghanistan (p.274, no.2, pl.II.15); BMC India (Greek & Scythic) / The coins of the Greek and Scythic kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum (p.55.4); Masson 1836 / Second memoir on the ancient coins found at Beghrám, in the Kohistán of Kábul (p.22, no.14, pl.II.9); Errington 2021 / Charles Masson: Collections from Begram and Kabul Bazaar, Afghanistan 1833-1838 (p.136, fig.24.27); BIGR (bigr.antimachus_ii.1.6) (https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.antimachus_ii.1.6); Bopearachchi 1991 / Monnaies Gréco-Bactriennes et Indo-Grecques (Antimaque II 1F)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical deity; equestrian
Associated names: Named in inscription: Antimachus II; Representation of: Nike/Victoria/Victory
Acquisition name: Transferred from: India Museum
Acquisition date: 1882
Acquisition notes: 5 coins of this type purchased by Masson at Charikar (Hazarajat hoard); 1 example collected from site of Begram, 1835.
Department: Money and Medals
Registration number: IOC.116
C&M catalogue number: IS (BMC India (Greek and Scythic)) (55) (4)

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