v24_0146 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ANTIALCIDAS Drachme bilingue

BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ANTIALCIDAS Drachme bilingue XF

MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Drachme bilingue

Date: c. 115-95 AC.

Metal : silver

Diameter : 15,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,71 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Patine foncé au droit. Flan irrégulier. Beau portrait. petit manque de métal au droit. Joli revers de style fin

Catalogue references :

B.45 13B, pl. 40 - GC.7629 - Mit.277 e - BMC.- - ANS.1094 var

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste drapé d’Antialcidas Ier à droite, coiffé du pétase.

Obverse legend : BASILEWS NIKEFOROU/ ANTIALKIDAS.

Obverse translation : (Roi vainqueur Antialcidas).

Reverse

Reverse legend : LÉGENDE KHAROSHTHI "MAHARAJASA JAYADHARASA AMTIALKIDASA).

Reverse description : Zeus trônant de trois-quarts de face à gauche, tenant de ma main droite une Niké stéphanophore et de la gauche, un sceptre ; dans le champ à gauche, un protomé d’éléphant ; monogramme dans le champ à droite.

Reverse translation : (Roi vainqueur Antialcidas).

Commentary

Poids léger.

Historical background

BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ANTIALCIDAS

(130-120 BC)

Antialcidas, warrior king is a contemporary of Straton and Lysias with whom he seems to share part of Bactria. The history of the Greek kingdoms seems very complex at the turn of the 1st century BC and we have very little information.

BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ANTIALCIDAS Drachme bilingue XF

150.00 €

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BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ANTIALCIDAS Drachme bilingue AU

180.00 €

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BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ANTIALCIDAS Drachme bilingue XF

120.00 €

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BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ANTIALCIDAS Unité XF

150.00 €

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BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ANTIALCIDAS Drachme bilingue AU

175.00 €

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v24_0146 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ANTIALCIDAS Drachme bilingue

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - ANTIALCIDAS

(130-120 BC)

Antialcidas, warrior king is a contemporary of Straton and Lysias with whom he seems to share part of Bactria. The history of the Greek kingdoms seems very complex at the turn of the 1st century BC and we have very little information.

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