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Hybrid Tetradrachm - Pantaleon & Agathocles Scythian Imitation
| Issuer | Indo-Greek Kingdom |
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| Year | 150 BC - 50 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Agathokles facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic portrait tradition with strong facial relief. The king wears a royal diadem with visible ties, and his bust is clad in a chlamys. The portrait displays a robust, mature effigy with pronounced features characteristic of late Bactrian-Indo-Greek coinage. The Greek legend is distributed around the bust within the coin's field. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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This coin belongs to a peculiar category of posthumous imitations produced in the Scythian frontier zones, blending the monetary authority of two distinct Indo-Greek kings — Pantaleon and Agathocles — whose reigns are themselves among the most debated in Bactrian scholarship. Both rulers issued the first known coins with Brahmi and Kharosthi inscriptions, suggesting deep administrative engagement with Indian populations, yet here their types were appropriated by non-Greek issuers operating well outside the original mint infrastructure.
The century-wide attribution window reflects genuine scholarly uncertainty — no hoard context has yet fixed the production of these hybrids to a tighter chronology.