Record ID: KENT-F35D4E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A silver drachm, posthumous issue of the Indo-Greek (Bactrian) king Hermaios (c.90-70 BC) of the Kabul/Gandhara region (the modern border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan). Obverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ EPMAIOY ('Saviour King Hermaios'), diademed and draped bust right. Reverse: Karosthi inscription (maharajasa tratarasa / heramayasa: 'Saviour King Hermaios'), Zeus enthroned, seated left, holding sceptre in left hand and with right hand outstretched. Monogram in right field. Mint of Alexandria Arachotis. As Mitchiner, vol. 3, pp. 229-31, nos. 214, 215; Bopearachchi series 11 (O. B…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-F99ABE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver drachm, a posthumous issue of the Indo-Greek king Hermaios, early first century BC, somewhere in the Kabul/Gandhara region (the modern border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan). It is Bopearachchi series 11 (O. Bopearachchi, Monnaies gréco-bactriennes et indo-grecques, Catalogue raisonné, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1991). A more specific reference is Senior 22D (Senior, R C The Coinage of Hermaios and its imitations struck by the Scythians, 2000).
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 25th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Andover', grid reference and parish protected.