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Half Stater - Agathokleia
| Issuer | Indo-Greek Kingdom (India (ancient)) |
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| Year | 105 BC - 80 BC |
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| Value | 1/2 Gold Stater (10) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Kharosthi |
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Agathokleia ruled as regent for her son Strato I following the death of her husband Menander I, one of the most powerful Indo-Greek kings. Her independent coinage is exceptionally rare — she is one of very few women to have issued coins in her own name in the Indo-Greek series, and gold issues attributable to her reign are among the scarcest of the entire dynasty. The bilingual format of her coinage, with Greek on one side and Kharoshthi on the other, reflects the administrative necessity of governing a population that had little use for Hellenic script alone.