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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4960424, member: 85693&quot;]I know very little about coins from this part of the world, but a while back I got a silver drachm of Hermaios that, like another one I had, seemed very light.&nbsp; Apparently these were contemporary imitations by &quot;invading nomads&quot;, and the weights are all over the place.&nbsp; This one&#039;s a little finer style than many of them, so maybe it is an original?&nbsp; The surfaces look as if they suffered from nasty soil and/or cleaning which probably reduced the weight.&nbsp; CoinIndia is the site I used. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1192416[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Indo-Greek&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Drachm </b></p><p><b>Hermaios (c. 90-70 B.C.)</b></p><p>Bare-headed, diademed bust rt., BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ EPMAIOY, Zeus enthroned left, sceptre in left hand &amp; bestowing blessing w. rt. hand, Kharoshthi legend: <i>maharajasa tratarasa <i>heramayasa</i>. </i></p><p>(1.76 grams / 15 mm)</p><p>MIG 415f; Bop 11L.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Notes: </b></p><p>Attribution based on CoinIndia example with this monogram reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The vast majority of coins in the name&nbsp; of Hermaios, which are available in large quantities, were imitations of that king&#039;s coins by invading nomads...&quot;</p><p>(CoinIndia.com)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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