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Hemiobol - Maues
| Issuer | Indo-Scythian Kingdom |
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| Year | 90 BC - 50 BC |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse lettering | BAΣIΛEΩΣ MAYOY |
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| Mintage | ND (90 BC - 50 BC) |
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Maues was the first major Indo-Scythian king to assert control over the northwestern Indian subcontinent, pushing into territories previously held by the Indo-Greek kingdoms around the late 2nd to early 1st century BC. His coinage is among the earliest evidence we have for Scythian rule in the region, and the bilingual nature of his issues — Greek on one side, Kharoshthi on the other — reflects a deliberate administrative strategy of legitimacy borrowed from his Indo-Greek predecessors.
The copper denominations circulated in territories where silver was reserved for elite transactions.