Coin: ar didrachm

Museum number:
8-4747
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004747
Accession number:
Acc.184
Description:
Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 8.99 grams, 28 mm. Hippostratus of India, first century BC. Obverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΑΠΡΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ, bust r. Reverse: inscription in Pali, king on horseback r.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Verbatim coll. place:
Bactria and India
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Hippostratus (Indo-Greek King)
Inscription:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΑΠΡΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Didrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1st century BC
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 8.99 grams and linear 28 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-4747, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 8.99 grams, 28 mm. Hippostratus of India, first century BC. Obverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΑΠΡΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ, bust r. Reverse: inscription in Pali, king on horseback r.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-4747, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 8.99 grams, 28 mm. Hippostratus of India, first century BC. Obverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΑΠΡΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ, bust r. Reverse: inscription in Pali, king on horseback r.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-4747, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 8.99 grams, 28 mm. Hippostratus of India, first century BC. Obverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΑΠΡΟΣ ΙΠΠΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΥ, bust r. Reverse: inscription in Pali, king on horseback r.

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