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Drachm - Hermaeus Soter and Calliope
| Issuer | Indo-Greek Kingdom (India (ancient)) |
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| Year | 125 BC - 90 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Kharosthi |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hermaeus ruled one of the last Indo-Greek kingdoms to hold territory in the Hindu Kush region, issuing coinage well into a period when Saka and Parthian pressure was steadily compressing Greek political control in Bactria and the northwestern subcontinent. His pairing with Calliope on this issue — a queen consort shown as co-ruler — reflects the dynastic legitimacy strategies common among late Indo-Greek rulers increasingly isolated from any Mediterranean political tradition. Whether Calliope was wife, regent, or symbolic figure remains debated.
Bopearachchi's sequencing places this type among Hermaeus's later issues, minted as his kingdom shrank to its final redoubt near Paropamisadae.