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Drachm - Sarpedones Gondophares-Sases; Sind
| Issuer | Indo-Parthian Kingdom |
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| Year | 15 BC - 1 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Nike, the goddess of victory, advancing left in flowing garments, holding a long palm frond in her right hand and a filleted wreath in her left hand. The figure is rendered in a stylized Hellenistic manner consistent with Indo-Parthian coinage of the Sind region. A Kharosthi legend surrounds the reverse field, identifying the issuing authority in the local script. |
| Reverse script | Kharosthi |
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Gondophares-Sases ruled a fragmented successor state to the broader Indo-Parthian domain of Gondophares I, operating in the Sind region during the final decades before the common era. The hyphenated name reflects a dynastic convention of invoking the great Gondophares — whose reign is independently attested in the Acts of Thomas and tentatively linked to the apostle's legendary mission to India — to legitimize peripheral rule. Sarpedones as a mint attribution remains contested among specialists, with the identification resting primarily on find-spot analysis rather than explicit epigraphic evidence.