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Drachm - Theophilos Autokrator
| Issuer | Indo-Greek Kingdom (India (ancient)) |
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| Year | 90 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of King Theophilos facing right, depicted in the Hellenistic tradition with curly hair bound by a royal diadem. The portrait is rendered in the characteristic Indo-Greek style, showing fine portraiture blending Greek artistic conventions with local influence. The circular Greek legend surrounds the royal effigy in the field. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Theophilos is among the most obscure rulers of the Indo-Greek succession, known almost entirely through his coinage rather than any literary source. His exact position in the dynastic sequence remains disputed — Bopearachchi places him in the late second century to early first century BC, operating in a political environment where Indo-Greek authority was fragmenting under pressure from Saka and Parthian incursions from the northwest. The bilingual Greek and Kharosthi format of his issues confirms he ruled east of the Hindu Kush, where accommodation with local administrative and scribal conventions was a practical necessity, not a cultural gesture.