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Drachm
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
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| Year | 285 BC - 278 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (305-15BC) |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, wearing a Attic helmet adorned with a large olive-leaf crest and scroll volute above the visor. The hair falls in distinctive globular curls at the nape of the neck, rendered in a stylized archaic manner. The portrait closely follows the Athenian prototype, with finely modeled facial features including a prominent nose and slightly parted lips. The flan edge shows characteristic granular beading. No legend is present, the type being a direct imitation of the classical Athenian coinage adapted for Baktrian circulation. |
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| Reverse description | Owl standing three-quarters facing to the right, with wings folded and body rendered in bold globular feathering typical of the Athenian imitative series. An olive sprig with two berries and a leaf is depicted to the upper right of the owl. The field is unlettered, consistent with the Baktrian imitative tradition of the early Seleucid period. The flan is irregularly shaped, as is characteristic of hammered coinage of this region and era. No ethnic or legend appears, distinguishing this piece as a local imitation rather than an official Athenian issue. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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