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1 Tetradrachm Euthydemus imitation, Yuezhi
| Issuer | Yuezhi, Tribal confederation of |
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| Year | 130 BC - 1 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and radiate male bust in right profile, rendered in the Hellenistic tradition derived from Euthydemus I of Bactria. The effigy features a prominent, fleshy face with a broad chin and deeply set eye, surmounted by a radiating diadem with pellet ornaments arranged across the crown. The overall style reflects a barbarized local imitation of the Bactrian Greek prototype, with simplified but bold die-cutting characteristic of Yuezhi coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Nude Heracles seated left upon a rock, his muscular figure rendered in a simplified Hellenistic style. He rests his right hand on a club planted on the ground beside him, echoing the reverse type of Euthydemus I tetradrachms. The figure is encircled by a Sogdian Aramaic inscription, the whole composition occupying a broad, flat field typical of hammered coinage from this tribal series. |
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| Reverse lettering | m`lht y`vg (Translation: Great Yabgh) |
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