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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Indo-Scythian Kingdom| > WA65857
Indo-Scythian Kingdom, Azes I, c. 58 - 12 B.C.
|Indo-Scythian| |Kingdom|, |Indo-Scythian| |Kingdom,| |Azes| |I,| |c.| |58| |-| |12| |B.C.|, Senior identifies Azes as Maues successor in the Taxila area, and then later also as the successor of Azilises in Hazara. With Azes victory over the Indo-Greek King Hippostratos, the Indo-Scythian Kingdom took control of northwestern India.
WA65857. Silver drachm, Senior 98.422D; cf. Mitchiner IGIS 848g (tetradrachm), Fröhlich 296 (same), HGC 12 653 (S), VF, Taxila Sirsukh mint, weight 2.181g, die axis 0o, c. 58 - 20 B.C.; obverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY AZOY, king riding right on horseback, wearing armor, raising right hand, whip over shoulder in left hand, Karosthi letter De before horse; reverse Kharosthi legend: Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayasa (of great king, king of kings, Azes the Great), Pallas Athena standing right, raising right hand, shield on left arm, transverse spear in left, Φ above Karosthi monogram left, Karosthi monogram right; SOLD










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