Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hippostratus 3

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.hippostratus.3

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Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: first half first century BCE
  • Denomination: Tetradrachm
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Material: Silver
  • Shape: Round

  • Authority

  • Obverse

    • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ (square omicron) (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros hippostratou ]
    • Type: Bust of Hippostratus, diademed and draped right
    • Portrait: Hippostratus of Bactria

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨎𐨟𐨯 𐨱𐨁𐨤𐨂𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa jayaṃtasa hipustratasa ]
    • Type: Deified ruler riding on horse, wearing helmet and cuirass right
  • 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 3.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ (square omicron) (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs sotēros hippostratou ]
  • Type: Bust of Hippostratus, diademed and draped right
  • Portrait: Hippostratus of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨎𐨟𐨯 𐨱𐨁𐨤𐨂𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa jayaṃtasa hipustratasa ]
  • Type: Deified ruler riding on horse, wearing helmet and cuirass right
  • Symbol (Below): Bopearachchi Monogram 232 symbol, consists of Χ, Ε, Δ, and Ρ
objects: 4

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Silver Tetradrachm of Hippostratus of Bactria, first half first century BCE 1944.100.74861
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
8.84
Silver Tetradrachm of Hippostratus of Bactria, first half first century BCE. 1944.100.74862
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
7.11
Silver Tetradrachm of Hippostratus of Bactria, first half first century BCE. 1979.45.215
Collection
American Numismatic Society
Axis
12
Weight (in gr.)
15.29
Indo-Greek coin
Collection
Ashmolean Museum
Identifier
HCR45476
Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
28.7
Weight (in gr.)
8.99

Quantitative Analysis

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Axis
12
Diameter (in mm)
28.7
Weight (in gr.)
10.06

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