Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 19

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.hermaeus.19

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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
    • 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 19.1
  • 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 235 symbol, consists of Η, Ρ, and Δ
  • Deity: Zeus
objects: 4

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Silver Drachma, first century BCE/first century CE 1979.45.191
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
1.99
Silver Drachma, first century BCE/first century CE 1993.29.151
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
14.0
Weight (in gr.)
2.32
Silver Drachma, first century BCE/first century CE. 1993.29.152
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
15.0
Weight (in gr.)
2.21
[Monnaie : Drachme, Billon, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.610
Diameter (in mm)
15
Weight (in gr.)
1.98
[Monnaie : Drachme, Billon, Incertain, Bactriane, Hermaios]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
R 3681.611
Diameter (in mm)
16
Weight (in gr.)
2.31
British Museum: 1954,0704.5
Collection
British Museum
Weight (in gr.)
2.120

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
15
Weight (in gr.)
2.16

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