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Tetradrachm - Apollodotos II dual Monogram
| Issuer | Indo-Greek Kingdom (India (ancient)) |
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| Year | 80 BC - 65 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of King Apollodotos II facing right, wearing a royal diadem with ribbon ends visible behind the neck, the hair rendered in fine parallel striations typical of late Indo-Greek coinage. The king is depicted in Hellenistic royal fashion with a chlamys draped over the left shoulder. A circular Greek legend surrounds the effigy reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ, proclaiming the ruler as Great King, Saviour, and Lover of his Father. The portrait is rendered with considerable naturalistic detail, consistent with the Hellenistic artistic tradition maintained by the Indo-Greek dynasts. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ (Translation: King Apollodotos the Saviour and Lover of his Father) |
| Reverse description | Standing figure of Athena Alkidemos facing left, helmeted and clad in a short chiton, her left arm bearing a large round shield decorated with a dotted boss pattern, her right arm raised and extending a sprig of olive or laurel. Two rectangular monograms flank the goddess in the field — one to the left and one to the right — serving as mint or magistrate control marks characteristic of this issue. The Kharosthi legend encircles the central design, reading Maharajasa tratarasa Apaladatasa. The composition reflects the standard reverse type adopted for Indo-Greek silver coinage of this period. |
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