Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 22

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.hermaeus.22

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: first century BCE/first century CE
  • Denomination: Uncertain value
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Bronze
  • 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: Figure seated on throne wearing Boeotian helmet, outstretched right arm, holding sceptre in left arm
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

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Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 22.1
  • 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: Figure seated on throne wearing Boeotian helmet, outstretched right arm, holding sceptre in left arm
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 219 symbol, consists of Χ, Κ, and Ρ
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 202 symbol, consists of and Χ
  • Symbol (Right Field): Kharoshthi 60 symbol, represents 𐨤𐨿𐨪
objects: 11

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British Museum: OR.5220
Collection
British Museum
Diameter (in mm)
19
Weight (in gr.)
3.41
British Museum: IOC.149
Collection
British Museum
Axis
1
Diameter (in mm)
18
Weight (in gr.)
5.36
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British Museum: 1888,1208.401
Collection
British Museum
Axis
10
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
5.26
British Museum: 1847,1201.48
Collection
British Museum
Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
3.86
British Museum: IOC.148
Collection
British Museum
Axis
3
Diameter (in mm)
20
Weight (in gr.)
4.09
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British Museum: 1922,0424.3602
Collection
British Museum
Axis
3
Diameter (in mm)
17
Weight (in gr.)
5.84
British Museum: 1894,0506.1664
Collection
British Museum
Axis
4
Diameter (in mm)
19
Weight (in gr.)
4.78
British Museum: 1894,0506.1663
Collection
British Museum
Axis
6
Diameter (in mm)
20
Weight (in gr.)
4.43
British Museum: 1843,0812.8
Collection
British Museum
Axis
7
Diameter (in mm)
18
Weight (in gr.)
4.31
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45411
Axis
10
Diameter (in mm)
17.2
Weight (in gr.)
4.15
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45414
Axis
10
Diameter (in mm)
17.8
Weight (in gr.)
3.7
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45409
Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
19.2
Weight (in gr.)
4.83
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45410
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
18
Weight (in gr.)
4.05
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45413
Axis
3
Diameter (in mm)
16.9
Weight (in gr.)
3.39
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45408
Axis
5
Diameter (in mm)
19.7
Weight (in gr.)
5.76

Quantitative Analysis

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Axis
6.86
Diameter (in mm)
18.25
Weight (in gr.)
4.48

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