Hemistater - Azes

Azes I consolidated Indo-Scythian control over the northwestern subcontinent after defeating the last Indo-Greek king Hippostratos around 58 BC — a date significant enough that some scholars have proposed it as the origin point of the Azes Era, a dating system that continued in regional use for centuries. The hemistater denomination itself reflects the hybrid monetary thinking of the Indo-Scythian court, borrowing weight standards and denominational logic from the Hellenistic tradition the Scythians had militarily displaced.

MIG 162a is among the better-documented die groupings in the series, though attribution between Azes I and the later Azes II remains genuinely contested.