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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Indo-Greek Kingdoms| > GS58768
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Antimachos II Nikephoros, c. 174 - 165 B.C.
|Indo-Greek| |Kingdoms|, |Indo-Greek| |Kingdom,| |Antimachos| |II| |Nikephoros,| |c.| |174| |-| |165| |B.C.|, Antimachus II Nikephoros "The Victorious" ruled a vast territory from the Hindu-Kush to the Punjab. He was the son of Antimachus I and probably fought with King Eucratides I, who dethroned his father in Bactria.

Bopearachchi originally dated Antimachus II to 160 - 155 B.C. on numismatic evidence, but revised this to 174-165 B.C. after a unique preserved tax-receipt was revealed to synchronise his reign with that of his father Antimachus I. See J. R. Rea, Senior, R. C. and Hollis, A. S., "A tax receipt from Hellenistic Bactria," Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 104 (1994). Senior proposed that "Antimachus II" coins should perhaps be attributed as Indian issues of Antimachus I, but this seems unlikely due to the different epithets and coin types.
GS58768. Silver drachm, Indian-standard; Mitchiner IGIS 135a, SNG ANS 414 - 419, Bopearachchi 1F, Mitchiner ACW 1672, SNG Cop 352 var. (monogram), nice VF, old cabinet toning, Pushkalavati(?) mint, weight 2.448g, maximum diameter 16.4mm, die axis 0o, obverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ NIKHΦOPOY ANTIMANTXOY, Nike advancing left, palm in right, filleted wreath behind in left, (Kharosthi monogram) lower left; reverse Kharosthi legend: maharajasa jayadharasa Amtimakasa, king in armor on horseback riding right, cloak flying behind; SOLD










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