r INDO-SKYTHIANS. Azes AR Tetradrachm (circa 58-12 BC)

INDO-SKYTHIANS. Azes AR Tetradrachm (circa 58-12 BC)

Indian standard, uncertain mint in western Gandhara.

Obverse : BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY / AZOY King on horseback to right, raising his right hand and holding whip in his left; to right, Karoshti ‘la’.

Reverse : ‘Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayasa’ (‘of Great King, King of Kings Azes the Great’ in Karoshti) Athena standing facing, raising her right hand in blessing and holding shield in her left; behind her back, spear; to left and right, monograms.

9,72 grams

23 mm

HGC 12, 637. Senior 98.300T.