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Live auction - bgr_905580 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ZOILOS II Drachme bilingue

BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ZOILOS II Drachme bilingue AU
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Estimate : 200 €
Price : 100 €
Maximum bid : 100 €
End of the sale : 09 April 2024 14:47:51
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Drachme bilingue
Date: c. 55 AC
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré. Monnaie quasi SUP. Très joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Zoile II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse legend : BASILEWS SWTHROS ZWILOU/ (GR) - (QU), (Basilews Swthros Zwilou).
Obverse translation : (du roi sauveur Zoile).

Reverse


Reverse legend : LÉGENDE KHAROSHTHI "MAHARAJASA TRATARASA/ JHOILASA.
Reverse description : Athéna Alkidémos, casquée, vêtue militairement, marchant à gauche, tenant un bouclier orné de l’égide de la main gauche et brandissant un foudre levé de la main droite.
Reverse translation : (du roi sauveur Zoile).

Commentary


Ce monnayage appartient à l’un des derniers souverains qui à régné sur une partie de la Bactriane.

Historical background


BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ZOILOS II

(55 - 35 BC)

The reign of Zoile II of which we know almost nothing must be inserted between those of Hippostrate and Dionysius and that of Appolophanes while the Indo-Bactrian kingdom is at the twilight of its history.

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