Hermaeus

Hermaeus Soter "the Saviour"
Profile of Hermaeus.
Indo-Greek king
Reign90–70 BCE
ConsortKalliope
Obv: Helmeted Hermaios, with Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΕΡΜΑΙΟΥ: "King Hermaeus, the Saviour".
Rev. Radiate Zeus making a blessing gesture.

Hermaeus Soter or Hermaios Soter (Ancient Greek: Ἑρμαῖος ὁ Σωτήρ; epithet means "the Saviour") was a Western Indo-Greek king of the Eucratid Dynasty, who ruled the territory of Paropamisade in the Hindu-Kush region, with his capital in Alexandria of the Caucasus (near today's Kabul, Afghanistan). Bopearachchi dates Hermaeus to c. 90–70 BCE and R. C. Senior to c. 95–80 BCE.


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