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Indo-Greek – Epander (c95-90 BC) – Silver – Type 1

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs nikēphorou epandrou] Bust of Epander, diademed and draped right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear	𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨅𐨤𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa jayadharasa epadrasa] Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	BN	Mitch	Denomination	Monogram Sketch	Rev Monogram	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
IG 995	781m.			Tetradrachm				Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Epander 1.1

Indo-Greek – Epander (c95-90 BC) – Silver – Type 2

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Bust of Epander, diademed and draped right	𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨅𐨤𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯, Athena standing left, holding shield horizontally with left arm, throwing thunderbolt with right hand

Actual Weight (g)

Actual Diameter (mm)

Composition

Silver

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	BN	Mitch	Denomination	Monogram Sketch	Rev Monogram	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
IG 996	√ 780.	1A	301a	Drachm			Ash, Gorny & Mosch	Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Epander 2.1	R
IG 997	781.							Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Epander 2.2 Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Epander 2.3 One symbol in left field and the other in right filed. They may swap around

Indo-Greek – Epander (c95-90 BC) – Copper – Type 1

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Nike walking right, holding wreath in outstretched right hand, palm branch in left	𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨅𐨤𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯, Zebu standing right

Actual Weight (g)

11

Actual Diameter (mm)

20-24

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	BN	Mitch	Denomination	Monogram Sketch	Rev Monogram	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
IG 998	√ 782.	2A	302	Double Unit			Ash, CNG	Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Epander 3.1	R
IG 999	783.	2B						Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Epander 3.2
IG 1000	√ 784.	2C					CNG		RR
IG 1001	784c.							Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Epander 3.3 BIGR shows this monogram but no photo. It also states that it is BN 2C but this is not the monogram shown in the BN catalogue.	RR

Indo-Greek – Epander (c95-90 BC) – Copper – Type 2

Elephant	Nike

Actual Weight (g)

11

Actual Diameter (mm)

20-24

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	BN	Mitch	Denomination	Monogram Sketch	Rev Monogram	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
IG 1002	785.	3A		Double Unit				Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Epander 4.1 Recorded from ANS but photo not shown in BIGR. See Bopearachchi, Revue Numismatique 1989, p. 65-67, No. 13, Pl. V, No. 13

Indo-Greek – Epander (c95-90 BC) – Copper – Type 3

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ ΕΠΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Elephant walking right	𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨢𐨪𐨯 𐨀𐨅𐨤𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨯, Athena standing left, holding shield with left arm and spear in right hand

Actual Weight (g)

~5.5

Actual Diameter (mm)

20-24

Composition

Copper

Catalogue

Cat No.	Photo Link	BN	Mitch	Denomination	Provenance	Comments	Rarity
IG 1003	√ 785m.	-	-	Unit	Ash	https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.epander.5