Indo-Greek Kingdom

Kind

kingdom

Region

Central Asia, Asia

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

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The Cleveland Museum of Art — Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski

ancient coins

Indo-Greek Coin, Afghanistan, Bactria, 200–1 BCE

200–1 BCE

After Alexander of Macedon succeeded in conquering Egypt and Persia in 331 BC, his ambition to rule the known world led him further east across Bactria in Afghanistan, through the Hindu Kush mountain pass, and into India. There he succeeded in defeating all the local kings of the region until his men, on the brink o…

Documented

Partial type record

The Cleveland Museum of Art — Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski

ancient coins

Indo-Greek Coin, Afghanistan, Bactria, c. 200–1 BCE (Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.210)

c. 200–1 BCE

After Alexander of Macedon succeeded in conquering Egypt and Persia in 331 BC, his ambition to rule the known world led him further east across Bactria in Afghanistan, through the Hindu Kush mountain pass, and into India. There he succeeded in defeating all the local kings of the region until his men, on the brink o…

Documented

Partial type record

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

ancient coins

Coin of King Hermaios (Hermaeus) Soter from Bactria

98–50 BC

Bronze coin. Obverse: bust of the king with diadem facing right. Greek legend. Reverse: Zeus on seat. Legend in Pali. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0023; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.3 cm x weight 9.01 g.

Documented

Partial type record

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