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1 Drachm - Azes II
| Issuer | Indo-Scythian Kingdom |
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| Year | 58 BC - 12 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | King Azes II depicted on horseback in right profile, seated upon a caparisoned horse with the royal right hand raised in a gesture of benediction or authority. The rider wears characteristic Scythian attire including a flowing cloak. A Greek legend encircles the design in the outer field, identifying the ruler by his royal epithets. The style is typical of Indo-Scythian hammered coinage, with fluid if somewhat provincial execution of the equestrian motif. |
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| Reverse description | A standing male divine figure, identified as Zeus or a syncretized deity, depicted in three-quarter stance facing left, holding a long scepter or thunderbolt in the raised right hand and a Nike or wreath in the left. The figure wears a long chiton with drapery rendered in Hellenistic style. Kharoshthi legends encircle the field, providing the Prakrit equivalent of the obverse Greek royal titulature. Subsidiary symbols or monograms appear in the left and right fields, serving as mint or workshop identifiers. |
| Reverse script | Kharoshthi |
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