Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 18.1
Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.hermaeus.18.1
Subtypes | Examples of this type | Quantitative Analysis
Parent Type: bigr.hermaeus.18
Typological Description
- Object Type: Coin
- Date: first century BCE/first century CE
- Denomination: Tetradrachm
- Manufacture: Struck
- Material: Silver
- Shape: Round
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Authority
- Stated Authority: Hermaeus of Bactria
- Authenticity: Contemporary Imitation
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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
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- State: Indo-Greek Kingdoms
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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 235
, consists of Η, Ρ, and Δ - Deity: Zeus
- TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage
Subtypes
Click on the link to the subtype to view all examples.
| Subtype | Obverse | Reverse | Examples of this type |
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| Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 18.1.1https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.hermaeus.18.1 |
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  objects: 4 |
| Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 18.1.2https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.hermaeus.18.1 |
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  objects: 3 |
| Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 18.1.3https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.hermaeus.18.1 |
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  object: 1 |
| Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 18.1.4https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.hermaeus.18.1 |
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  object: 1 |
| Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 18.1.5https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.hermaeus.18.1 |
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  objects: 2 |
Examples of this typeDownload CSV
Examples include all subtypes. Click on the subtype links above to view examples for an individual subtype.
Silver Tetradrachm, first century BCE/first century CE 1979.45.189
- Collection
- American Numismatic Society
- Axis
- 1
- Weight (in gr.)
- 9.68
Silver Tetradrachm, first century BCE/first century CE. 1993.29.148
- Collection
- American Numismatic Society
- Axis
- 1
- Diameter (in mm)
- 23.0
- Weight (in gr.)
- 9.39
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Billon, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Identifier
- R 3681.539
- Diameter (in mm)
- 23
- Weight (in gr.)
- 8.47
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Billon, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Identifier
- R 3681.626
- Diameter (in mm)
- 23
- Weight (in gr.)
- 9.07
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Billon, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Identifier
- Bopearachchi 109
- Diameter (in mm)
- 24
- Weight (in gr.)
- 9.58
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Billon, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Identifier
- R 3681.631
- Diameter (in mm)
- 24
- Weight (in gr.)
- 9.46
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Billon, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Identifier
- R 3681.632
- Diameter (in mm)
- 24
- Weight (in gr.)
- 9.19
[Monnaie : Tétradrachme, Billon, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Identifier
- 1971.629
- Diameter (in mm)
- 25
- Weight (in gr.)
- 9.47
Indo-Greek coin
- Collection
- Ashmolean Museum
- Identifier
- HCR53951
- Axis
- 1
- Diameter (in mm)
- 17
- Weight (in gr.)
- 9.28
Indo-Greek coin
- Collection
- Ashmolean Museum
- Identifier
- HCR53954
- Axis
- 11
- Diameter (in mm)
- 20
- Weight (in gr.)
- 7.82
Indo-Greek coin
- Collection
- Ashmolean Museum
- Identifier
- HCR53952
- Axis
- 12
- Diameter (in mm)
- 17
- Weight (in gr.)
- 8.52
Indo-Greek coin
- Collection
- Ashmolean Museum
- Identifier
- HCR53953
- Axis
- 12
- Diameter (in mm)
- 18
- Weight (in gr.)
- 10.51
Quantitative Analysis
Average measurements for this coin type:
- Axis
- 6.33
- Diameter (in mm)
- 21.64
- Weight (in gr.)
- 9.21
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