Bactrian and Indo-Greek Coinage Hippostratus 6

Canonical URI: https://numismatics.org/bigr/id/bigr.hippostratus.6

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Typological Description

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

  • Authority

  • Obverse

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

  • Reverse

    • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨨𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨎𐨟𐨯 𐨱𐨁𐨤𐨂𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa mahatasa 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 6.1
  • Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ (orientation: ⃕⤻) [transliteration: basileōs megalou sotēros hippostratou ]
  • Type: Bust of Hippostratus, diademed and draped right
  • Portrait: Hippostratus of Bactria
  • Legend: 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨨𐨱𐨟𐨯 𐨗𐨩𐨎𐨟𐨯 𐨱𐨁𐨤𐨂𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨟𐨯 (orientation: ↶(plus arrow below, going clockwise from right to left)) [transliteration: mahārājasa tratarasa mahatasa jayaṃtasa hipustratasa ]
  • Type: Deified ruler riding on horse, wearing helmet and cuirass right
  • Symbol (Left Field): Kharoshthi 75 symbol, represents 𐨨𐨎
  • Symbol (Right Field): Bopearachchi Monogram 96 symbol, consists of Ο, Α, and Τ