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Double Decadrachm - Amyntas
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
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| Year | 95 BC - 90 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of King Amyntas facing right, wearing a Boeotian helmet adorned with a bull's horn and ear, the helmet serving as an emblem of royal martial authority. The portrait is rendered in the Hellenistic tradition with fine die-engraving detail emphasizing the regal bearing of the sovereign. A bead-and-reel border encircles the entire obverse field, characteristic of the refined Baktrian mint output of the late second to early first century BC. |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Nikephoros depicted in three-quarter view to the left, seated upon a throne and draped in flowing robes, holding a standing figure of the armed goddess Athena on his outstretched right hand, while his left hand bears a sceptre and a palm branch symbolizing victory and divine authority. The composition closely follows the enthroned Zeus type common to the Indo-Greek coinage tradition, rendered with exceptional scale and artistry befitting this rare and monumental denomination. The reverse legend in Greek characters names the king as Amyntas Nikator, the Victor, arranged in the field around the central divine figural group. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΜΥΝΤΟΥ (Translation: King Amyntas, the Victor) |
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