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Live auction - bgr_905567 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - LYSIAS Drachme bilingue

BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - LYSIAS Drachme bilingue AU/AU
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Estimate : 300 €
Price : 180 €
Maximum bid : 185 €
End of the sale : 09 April 2024 14:46:04
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Drachme bilingue
Date: c. 120-110 AC.
Mint name / Town : Gandhara
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,45 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Superbe revers, finement détaillé. Joli buste. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste diadéme et drapé de Straton Ier à droite.
Obverse legend : BASILEWS ANIKHTOU LUSIAS.
Obverse translation : (Roi invincible Lysias).

Reverse


Reverse legend : LÉGENDE KHAROSHTHI "MAHARAJASA APADIHATASA LISIASA).
Reverse description : Héraklès imberbe et juvénile, debout de face, se couronnant de la main droite et tenant de la main gauche, la léonté, la massue et une couronne ; de chaque côté, un monogramme.
Reverse translation : (du Roi Lysias invaincu ).

Historical background


BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - LYSIAS

(120-110 BC)

Lysias seems to have succeeded Zoile I (130-120 BC) and seems linked to Antialcidas (115-95 BC). Information about his reign is sketchy.

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