Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 17.2

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Parent Type: bigr.hermaeus.17

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: first century BCE/first century CE
  • Denomination: Drachma
  • 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
    • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 229 symbol, consists of Ν, Φ, and Η
    • 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 17.2.1
  • 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 229 symbol, consists of Ν, Φ, and Η
  • Symbol (Right Field): Kharoshthi 108.1 symbol, represents 𐨯
  • Deity: Zeus
objects: 7

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Silver Drachma, first century BCE/first century CE. 1993.29.143
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Diameter (in mm)
16.0
Weight (in gr.)
2.06
Silver Drachma, first century BCE/first century CE. 1993.29.145
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
1
Diameter (in mm)
16.0
Weight (in gr.)
2.2
Silver Drachma, first century BCE/first century CE 1944.100.74874
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
15.61
Silver Drachma, first century BCE/first century CE. 1979.45.188
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
2.37
Silver Drachma, first century BCE/first century CE. 1993.29.144
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
16.0
Weight (in gr.)
1.88
Silver Drachma, first century BCE/first century CE 1951.151.2
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
2
Weight (in gr.)
1.68
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.600
Diameter (in mm)
15
Weight (in gr.)
2.32
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.601
Diameter (in mm)
15
Weight (in gr.)
2.32
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.604
Diameter (in mm)
15
Weight (in gr.)
2.33
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.605
Diameter (in mm)
15
Weight (in gr.)
2.52
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.606
Diameter (in mm)
15
Weight (in gr.)
2.09
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.608
Diameter (in mm)
15
Weight (in gr.)
2.05
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.602
Diameter (in mm)
16
Weight (in gr.)
2.23
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.603
Diameter (in mm)
16
Weight (in gr.)
2.17
[Monnaie : Drachme, Argent, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.609
Diameter (in mm)
16
Weight (in gr.)
2.07
British Museum: 1954,0704.3
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.350
British Museum: 1954,0704.4
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.020
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR53950
Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
12
Weight (in gr.)
2.27

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
8.33
Diameter (in mm)
15.23
Weight (in gr.)
2.92

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