1979.419.5: Posthumous Indian standard quadruple of Hermaios of Baktria
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1979.419.5
- People
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Hermaios, Indo-Greek (r. c. 90-70 BCE)
- Title
- Posthumous Indian standard quadruple of Hermaios of Baktria
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 90 BCE-50 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Bactria
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial
- Culture
- Indo-Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/176383
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 9.31 g
- Die Axis
- 10
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΕΡΜΑΙΟΥ (omicron and rho square)
- Reverse Inscription: mahārājasa tratarasa heramayasa
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Bop., Hermaios 20JJ, p. 341
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1979
- Object Number
- 1979.419.5
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv. Bust of Hermaeus, diademed and draped right.
Rev.: Zeus seated on throne, outstretched right arm, holding scepter in left arm.
Verification Level
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