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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Indo-Scythian Kingdom| > WA55084
Indo-Scythian Kingdom, Azilises, c. 57 - 35 B.C.
|Indo-Scythian| |Kingdom|, |Indo-Scythian| |Kingdom,| |Azilises,| |c.| |57| |-| |35| |B.C.|, The obverse legend can be translated, "king of kings, Azilises the Great" and the reverse legend, "the great king, the king of kings, the Great Azilises." Fröhlich identifies the denomination as four units.
WA55084. Bronze square trichalkon, Senior 59.1; Fröhlich 102; Mitchiner IGIS Vol 6, 812a, HGC 2 603 (R3), VF, 22.1 x 22.3 mm, 7.016 g, die axis 0o, obverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY ANTZIΛIΣOY, king riding right on horseback, holding whip, Kharosthi letter ti above; reverse Kharosthi legend: maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa ayilishasa (of great king, king of kings, Azilises the Great), Herakles seated left on rock, club on knee in right, left hand resting behind on rock, Kharosthi letter si over monogram on left; very rare; SOLD










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