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Drachm - Zoilos
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
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| Year | 130 BC - 120 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of King Zoilos I facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic portrait tradition with curly hair bound by a royal diadem, the ends of which fall behind the neck. The effigy displays finely modelled facial features characteristic of Indo-Greek royal portraiture. A circular Greek legend surrounds the bust within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Zoilos I ruled a shrinking Baktrian kingdom under sustained pressure from nomadic Saka and Yuezhi incursions that had already dismembered the eastern territories. His coinage is sparse precisely because his reign was — the window between roughly 130 and 120 BC marks the final coherent phase of Greek rule in Baktria before fragmentation made unified royal minting impossible. SNG ANS 968 remains one of the anchor references for attributing his drachms, as the dynasty's later issues blur badly across competing claimants.