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Drachm - Zoilos
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
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| Year | 130 BC - 120 BC |
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| Weight | 2.47 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
| Obverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΖΟΙΛΟΥ |
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Zoilos I ruled a shrinking Baktrian kingdom under sustained pressure from nomadic incursions — likely the Sakas or Yuezhi — that had already dismembered the eastern territories his predecessors once controlled. His coinage is scarce by any measure, and the drachm series in particular survives in small numbers, suggesting a reign of limited duration and constrained mint output. The Bopearachchi corpus places him within a tight dynastic sequence that effectively ends with the collapse of Greek rule north of the Hindu Kush.