Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 14

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: first century BCE/first century CE
  • Denomination: Tetradrachm
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Silver
  • Shape: Round

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΕΡΜΑΙΟΥ (omicron and rho square) (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros hermaiou ]
    • Type: Bust of Hermaeus, diademed and draped right
    • Portrait: Hermaeus of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨱𐨅𐨪𐨨𐨩𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa heramayasa ]
    • Type: Zeus seated on throne, outstretched right arm, holding sceptre in left arm
    • Deity: Zeus
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

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Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 14.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΕΡΜΑΙΟΥ (omicron and rho square) (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros hermaiou ]
  • Type: Bust of Hermaeus, diademed and draped right
  • Portrait: Hermaeus of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨱𐨅𐨪𐨨𐨩𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa heramayasa ]
  • Type: Zeus seated on throne, outstretched right arm, holding sceptre in left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 64 symbol, consists of Ρ and Χ
  • Deity: Zeus
objects: 5
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 14.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΕΡΜΑΙΟΥ (omicron and rho square) (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros hermaiou ]
  • Type: Bust of Hermaeus, diademed and draped right
  • Portrait: Hermaeus of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨱𐨅𐨪𐨨𐨩𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa heramayasa ]
  • Type: Zeus seated on throne, outstretched right arm, holding sceptre in left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 233 symbol, consists of Φ, Ρ, and Α
  • Deity: Zeus
objects: 5
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 14.3
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΕΡΜΑΙΟΥ (omicron and rho square) (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros hermaiou ]
  • Type: Bust of Hermaeus, diademed and draped right
  • Portrait: Hermaeus of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨱𐨅𐨪𐨨𐨩𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa heramayasa ]
  • Type: Zeus seated on throne, outstretched right arm, holding sceptre in left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 222 symbol, consists of Τ, Δ, and Ρ
  • Symbol (Below): Kharoshthi 17.1 symbol, represents 𐨒
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 221 symbol, consists of Τ, Υ, and Η
  • Deity: Zeus
objects: 2
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 14.4
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΕΡΜΑΙΟΥ (omicron and rho square) (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros hermaiou ]
  • Type: Bust of Hermaeus, diademed and draped right
  • Portrait: Hermaeus of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨱𐨅𐨪𐨨𐨩𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa heramayasa ]
  • Type: Zeus seated on throne, outstretched right arm, holding sceptre in left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 222 symbol, consists of Τ, Δ, and Ρ
  • Symbol (Below): Kharoshthi 74.1 symbol, represents 𐨨
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 221 symbol, consists of Τ, Υ, and Η
  • Deity: Zeus

Examples of this typeDownload CSV

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Silver Tetradrachm, Bactria, 90 BCE–70 BCE. 1993.29.132
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
26.0
Weight (in gr.)
9.16
Silver Tetradrachm, Bactria, 90 BCE–70 BCE. 1993.29.138
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
27.0
Weight (in gr.)
7.19
Silver Tetradrachm, Bactria, 90 BCE–70 BCE. 1944.100.74914
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
9.13
Silver Tetradrachm, Bactria, 90 BCE–70 BCE. 1977.158.822
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
9.14
Silver Tetradrachm, Bactria, 90 BCE–70 BCE. 1993.29.137
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
12.0
Weight (in gr.)
9.34
Silver Tetradrachm, Bactria, 40 BCE–1. 1995.51.217
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
26.0
Weight (in gr.)
8.88
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.527
Diameter (in mm)
26
Weight (in gr.)
9.38
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.528
Diameter (in mm)
27
Weight (in gr.)
8.48
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.529
Diameter (in mm)
27
Weight (in gr.)
9.07
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.533
Diameter (in mm)
27
Weight (in gr.)
8.82
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.532
Diameter (in mm)
28
Weight (in gr.)
9.44
British Museum: 1857,0813.25
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
9.110
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR53946
Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
21
Weight (in gr.)
9.57
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR53945
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
21
Weight (in gr.)
9.38

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
11.62
Diameter (in mm)
24.36
Weight (in gr.)
9.01

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