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Square Hemidrachm - Anonymous
| Issuer | Indo-Scythian Kingdom |
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| Year | 100 BC |
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| Orientation | 3 o`clock ↑→ |
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| Obverse description | Bull standing right in profile within a plain square flan, rendered in a bold, somewhat archaic style characteristic of early Indo-Scythian coinage. The animal is depicted with a pronounced hump and musculature, its head turned slightly forward, with a short tail curving upward. The field is largely plain, with no surrounding legend. The flan edges are irregular, consistent with hand-cut hammered production. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Humped bull or zebu advancing right, depicted in a schematic style, with Kharosthi characters visible in the left field and upper register of the square flan. The reverse design is boldly struck with deeply incuse surrounding areas typical of hammered coinage of this period. The Kharosthi inscription serves as the sole epigraphic element, identifying the denomination or issuing authority in the local Gandhari script tradition. |
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