square nps

picked up a couple of new squares.






apollodotos II
80-60 BC
Æ Quadruple Unit

o: apollo right, with bow and arrow, greek legend
r: kharosthi, tripod; monogram to right
Bopearachchi Série 17A; SNG ANS 1598-1602; MIG Type 427a; MACW 2073 (if they say so).
4.7 g
about 18 mm (19 wides, 15 narrowest..top and bottom of same side)

and this guy..





nikephoros
130-95 bc
hemiobol
8.1g
19 mm

o: BAΣIΛEΩΣ NIKHΦOPOY ANTIAΛKI∆OY (i can pick most of this out)

zeus, thunderbolt over shoulder

r: kharosthi legend,
two caps of the dioscuri, two palm-branches in between, monogram below left.

Mitchiner ACW 1849, SNG Cop 321

 

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Great coin's Jonny, some very good details you got there too!!!, not much into square pant's, but i do love some crabbie patties...

 

Very nice, wish they were mine

 

Wow, dude => those are extremely cool ancient Scrabble tiles!! (congrats!!)

 

Nice! I'd like to at least get one.

 

Nice ones !
On your second one, the nikephoros (victorious) is his title, but Antialkidas is his name.
Apart from your philopateros (father loving) Apollodotus II there also was an earlier Apollodotus I (ca 174-165 BC) which looks quite similar, but the name has a different position and Apollo is turned to the left :



And to complete the series, A similar design was also used by Strato I (ca 125-110BC):

 

Nikephoros on that second coin looks kind of like Lincoln to me.

 

OK, then specially for you another Zeus, Lincoln look-a-like :
(Heliokles II, ca 110-100 BC)

 

Nice square ancients !!!!
How ole is Abe ?
We may not want that answer

 

thanks all, and nice square TCH..

here's my apollodotus i with "zeus" beside him.



...and a chunk of cracker.

 

mmmm, crackers

 

/emote is saddened by the absence of crackers.