Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hippostratus 12

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.hippostratus.12

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: first half first century BCE
  • Denomination: Denomination J
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Bronze
  • Shape: Rectangle

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ (square omicron) (orientation: 🠑🠒🠓) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros hippostratou ]
    • Type: Zeus, seated facing on throne, aureole around head, outstretched right arm
    • Deity: Zeus

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨎𐨟𐨯 𐨱𐨁𐨤𐨂𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠑) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa jayaṃtasa hipustratasa ]
    • Type: Horse standing left, surrounded by bead and reel border
  • TypeSeries: Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage

References

Subtypes

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Subtype Obverse Reverse Examples of this type
Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hippostratus 12.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ (square omicron) (orientation: 🠑🠒🠓) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros hippostratou ]
  • Type: Zeus, seated facing on throne, aureole around head, outstretched right arm
  • Deity: Zeus
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨎𐨟𐨯 𐨱𐨁𐨤𐨂𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨯 (orientation: 🠓🠐🠑) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa jayaṃtasa hipustratasa ]
  • Type: Horse standing left, surrounded by bead and reel border
  • Symbol (Left Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 232 symbol, consists of Χ, Ε, Δ, and Ρ
objects: 5

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Bronze Denomination J of Hippostratus of Bactria, first half first century BCE 1944.100.74872
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
5.84
Bronze Denomination J of Hippostratus of Bactria, first half first century BCE. 1985.19.1
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
21.0
Weight (in gr.)
5.93
[Monnaie : Bronze, Incertain, Bactriane, Hippostrate]
Collection
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Identifier
L 3067
Diameter (in mm)
20
Weight (in gr.)
6.21
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45498
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
20.2
Weight (in gr.)
4.73
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45499
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
23.5
Weight (in gr.)
5.69

Quantitative Analysis

Average measurements for this coin type:

Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
21.18
Weight (in gr.)
5.68

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