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

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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 :

B.6 4A, pl. 38 - GC.7623 - Mit. b - BMC.- - ANS.- - HGCS. 12/239 (R2)

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 ).