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Hemi-Obol - Theophilus
| Issuer | Indo-Greek Kingdom (India (ancient)) |
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| Year | 90 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯 𐨢𐨿𐨪𐨨𐨁𐨐𐨯 𐨠𐨅𐨀𐨆𐨤𐨁𐨫𐨯 |
| Edge | Irregular |
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Theophilus is among the most obscure of the Indo-Greek dynasts — his reign is known almost entirely from coinage, with no surviving literary source confirming even his approximate dates. The bilingual format of his issues, with Greek on one face and Kharosthi on the other, reflects the administrative necessity of minting for populations across the Hindu Kush frontier who had no literacy in either script exclusively. His placement at around 90 BC remains a working assumption based on die-link analysis and stratigraphic finds at Taxila rather than any fixed synchronism with datable events.