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Bactrian Silver Tetradrachm of King Antimachos I - C.2300
Origin: Afghanistan
Circa: 185
BC
to 170
BC
Dimensions:
0.375" (1.0cm) high
16.7 Grams
Collection: Numismatics
Medium: Silver
$1,800.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
Obverse, diademed, draped bust of Antimachos I,
wearing Kausia; pellet border, surrounding;
reverse,
??S???OS T???, right; ?????????, left; Poseidon,
draped, standing half-left, holding trident and
palm
leaf, centre; monogram, in bottom-right field.
Antimachos I was a Graeco-Bactrian King that
ruled
from around 185 to 170 B.C. His dates, known
only
to us from his coins, have been deduced on the
strength of the fact that he applied the suffix T???
(“god”) on his coinage, following the precedent
set
by his contemporary Antiochus IV, the Seleucid
King.
Conceived in the Attic standard, Antimachos is
shown wearing the Kausia, a broad-brimmed
Macedonian hat, a deliberate iconographical link
to
the Macedonian Kings. Poseidon, the god of the
ocean and great rivers is customarily represented
on
the reverse of Antimachos’ coinage and may well
be
a reference to the provinces around the Indus
River
where he may have been a governor.
- (C.2300)
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