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Coin Type: Indo-Scythian bronze unit of Spalahores with Spalagdames, c. 75-60 BCE
Mint and Date: Kandahar (Vonones), 75-60 BCE
Size and Weight: 22 x 27mm, 7.1g
Obverse: CΠAΛYPIOC ΔIKΛIOY AΔEΛΦOY TOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ
King on horseback right. within linear frame.
Reverse: "Spalahoraputrasa Dhramiasa Spalagdamasa" in Karosthi.
Diademed Herakles seated left on rock outcropping, leaning forward,
holding club upright on right knee, left hand resting on rock behind; monogram in circle to left; all
within linear frame.
Provenance: indus122 (eBay), June 2006
Ref: MIG Type 691b
BW Ref: 001 024 081
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