bgr_830566 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ANTIALCIDAS Drachme bilingue
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Type : Drachme bilingue
Date: c. 130-120 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kapisa
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,18 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Métal cristallisé. Joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste casqué et drapé d’Antialcidas à droite.
Obverse legend : BASILEWS NIKHFOROU/ ANTIALKIDOU (Basilews Nikhforou Antialkidas)
Obverse translation : (Roi victorieux Antialcidas).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE KHAROSHTHI “MAHARAJASA JAYADHARASA/ AMTIALKIDASA”.
Reverse description : Zeus trônant de trois quarts à gauche, drapé, tenant un Niké de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un protomé d’éléphant à gauche, la trompe levée.
Historical background
BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ANTIALCIDAS
(130-120 BC)
Antialcidas, warrior king is a contemporary of Straton and Lysias with whom he seems to share part of Bactria. The history of the Greek kingdoms seems very complex at the turn of the 1st century BC and we have very little information.
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