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Live auction - bgr_428384 - SCYTHIA - INDO-SCYTHIAN KINGDOM - AZES Tétradrachme bilingue

SCYTHIA - INDO-SCYTHIAN KINGDOM - AZES Tétradrachme bilingue XF
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Estimate : 250 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 02 May 2017 14:24:47
Type : Tétradrachme bilingue
Date: c. 55-35 AC
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 9,91 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré à l’usure régulière. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Le roi à cheval passant à droite, tenant une couronne de la main droite et un étendard de la main gauche ; devant le cheval, un monogramme.
Obverse legend : BASILEWS BASILEWN MEGALOU// AZOU.
Obverse translation : (Roi des Rois très grand Azoy).

Reverse


Reverse legend : LÉGENDE KHAROSHTHI .
Reverse description : Pallas (Athéna) cuirassée et vêtue militairement marchant à droite, levant la main droite et tenant une javeline transversale et un bouclier de la gauche ; de chaque côté un monogramme.
Reverse translation : (Roi des Rois très grand Azès).

Commentary


C’est l’une des dernières émissions du vivant du roi.

Historical background


SCYTHIA - INDO-SCYTHIAN KINGDOM - AZES

(58-12 BC)

Azes I never conquered the domain of Hermaios (Paropamisades). On the other hand, he seized Taxila and is a contemporary of Zoïle II (55-35 BC).

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