Live auction - bgr_633843 - INDO-SCYTHIAN KINGDOM - MAUES Tetrachalque
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | 234 € |
| Maximum bid : | 234 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 August 2021 14:41:40 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 95-85 AC
Mint name / Town : Taxila
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,46 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan quadrangulaire à l’usure importante, identifiable. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Éléphant chargeant à gauche.
Obverse legend : BASILEWS/ BASILEWS MEGALOU/ MAUOU.
Obverse translation : (Roi des Rois très grand Mauès).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE KHAROSHTHI .
Reverse description : Roi assis de face.
Reverse translation : (du grand roi des rois Mauès).
Commentary
Les drachmes sont souvent plus rares que les tétradrachmes.
Historical background
INDO-SCYTHIAN KINGDOM - MAUES
(95/85 - 60/57 BC)
Mauès is considered to be the first Indo-Scythian king in India, a contemporary of the kings Archebios, Heliocles II and Amyntas in Bactria.
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