Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 8

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.hermaeus.8

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: late second/early first century BCE
  • Denomination: Drachma
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Silver
  • Shape: Round

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΕΡΜΑΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros hermaiou ]
    • Type: Ruler on horse riding right, cuirassed and helmeted, lance and bow mounted to saddle
    • 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, aureole around head, outstretched right arm, holding sceptre in left arm
    • Deity: Zeus
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 8.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΕΡΜΑΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros hermaiou ]
  • Type: Ruler on horse riding right, cuirassed and helmeted, lance and bow mounted to saddle
  • 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, aureole around head, outstretched right arm, holding sceptre in left arm
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 227 symbol, consists of Τ, Δ, and Φ
  • Deity: Zeus
object: 1
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hermaeus 8.2
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΕΡΜΑΙΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros hermaiou ]
  • Type: Ruler on horse riding right, cuirassed and helmeted, lance and bow mounted to saddle
  • 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, aureole around head, outstretched right arm, holding sceptre in left arm
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 182 symbol, consists of Π, Η, Δ, and Τ
  • Deity: Zeus
object: 1

Examples of this typeDownload CSV

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Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR53919
Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
12
Weight (in gr.)
1.68
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR53921
Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
13
Weight (in gr.)
2.27

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
11
Diameter (in mm)
12.5
Weight (in gr.)
1.98

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