Catalog
1 Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Apracharaja dynasty |
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| Year | 20-46 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Athena Nikephoros facing right, her right hand raised in a gesture of authority or benediction, her left arm bearing a round shield, and a long spear held upright at her side. The deity is rendered in Hellenistic artistic style. A quadrate six-rayed star occupies the upper field, and a dynastic monogram appears to the right of the figure. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Apracharajas were a dynasty of petty kings ruling in the Bajaur region of modern northwestern Pakistan, operating as vassals caught between the competing pressures of the Kushans to the north and the Indo-Parthians to the west. Their coinage is known almost entirely from hoards — systematic excavation of the region has been minimal, and most specimens reaching the market passed through the informal antiquities trade of Peshawar and Kabul before any archaeological context was recorded. Senior's reference work remains the primary catalog for the series, assembled largely from dealer stocks rather than stratified dig evidence.