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Drachm - Sarpedones Gondophares-Sases; Sind

Issuer Indo-Parthian Kingdom
Year 15 BC - 1 BC
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Shape Round (irregular)
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Obverse script Greek
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Edge Plain
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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.

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