Description
Indo Greek ; Hippostratos, Extremely Rare Silver tetradrachm ; Weight: 9.27 Grams ; Diameter: 30 mm approx.
Bare-headed, diademed bust of king right, Greek legend around: BA?I?E?? ME?A?OY ??THPO? / I??O?TPATOY(Basileos Megalou Soteros Hippostratou … of King Hippostratos, the great, the saviour)
King mounted on horse walking right, monogram at right, Kharoshthi letters left and below ; Kharoshthi legend around: maharajasa tratarasa mahatasa jayamtasa / hipustratasa
Reference: MIG 445 var, Bop 7 var
Note : Here the horse on the reverse is walking, not prancing. Neither Mitchiner nor Bopearachchi list coins with this particular Kharoshthi letter below the horse.
Hippostratus (Ancient Greek:’ITt?o Tpato?, romanized: Hippostratos, meaning “army of
horses”) was an Indo-Greek king who ruled central and north- western Punjab and Pushkalavati.Bopearachchi dates Hippostratus
to 65 to 55 BCE whereas R. C.Senior suggests 60 to 50 BCE.
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