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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Greco Bactrian
Title:Coin
Date Made:Hellenistic Period; 90-70 BCE
Type:Coin/Numismatic
Materials:Silver
Place Made:Asia; Bactria (Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, or Tajikistan)
Accession Number:  MH 2021.5.111
Credit Line:Gift of Julie Dupree Gill (Class of 1977) from the Dupree Collection
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: Diademed bust of King Hermaios facing R with legend “BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ EPMAIOY.” Reverse: Radiate Zeus ethroned with scepter in his right hand. Legend in Kharoshti.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; numismatics; monarchies; busts; deities; text

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+2021.5.111

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