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1/2 Chalkous - Azilizes Indo-Scythian
| Issuer | Indo-Scythian Kingdom |
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| Year | 57 BC - 35 BC |
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| Value | Half Chalkous (1⁄98) |
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| Obverse description | Irregular square flan bearing a Greek legend disposed across the field in multiple lines, reading BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY AZIΛICOY (Of the Great King of Kings Azilizes). The surface is heavily patinated with a dark brown-green encrustation typical of copper coinage from the Indo-Scythian period, with the letter forms rendered in relatively shallow relief consistent with small hammered copper denominations. The legend occupies the entirety of the die face without a figural device, reflecting the purely epigraphic obverse convention employed on certain minor bronze issues of Azilizes. |
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| Reverse script | Kharosthi |
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Azilizes ruled the Indo-Scythian Kingdom during a period of fractious succession, likely following Azes I, though the precise dynastic relationship between the two remains contested among scholars. His copper fractions are among the lowest-denomination issues attributable to any Indo-Scythian ruler, and survive in genuinely small numbers — partly because base-metal coinage from this region was rarely preserved with the care given to silver drachms. The Senior reference here is a "cf." attribution, meaning no exact parallel die match has been firmly established for this specific piece.