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Live auction - bgr_413728 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ARCHEBIUS Drachme bilingue

BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ARCHEBIUS Drachme bilingue AU
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Estimate : 350 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 02 May 2017 14:24:17
Type : Drachme bilingue
Date: c. 75-65 AC
Mint name / Town : Atelier inceertain
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,28 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait particulier d’Archébios. Joli revers de style fin. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste diadèmé et drapé d'Archébios à droite vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse legend : BASILEWS DIKAIOU NIKHFOROU// ARCEBIOU.
Obverse translation : (du roi sage victorieux Archébios).

Reverse


Reverse legend : LÉGENDE KHAROSHTHI "MAHARAJASA DHRAMIKASA JAYADHARASA ARKHEBIYASA".
Reverse description : Zeus radié debout de face, drapé, brandissant un foudre de la main droite et tenant un sceptre de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (Grand Roi vainqueur Archébios).

Historical background


BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ARCHEBIUS

(75-65 BC)

Archebios was the last Greek ruler of Taxila before the Indo-Scythian invasion of Maues.

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