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Tetradrachm - Apollodotus II

Issuer Indo-Greek Kingdom (India (ancient))
Year 80 BC - 65 BC
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Weight 9.24 g
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Obverse script Greek
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Reverse lettering maharajasa tratarasa apaladatasa
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Apollodotus II ruled one of the last Indo-Greek kingdoms still holding territory in the Punjab during a period of acute dynastic fragmentation, when Greek political control of the subcontinent had contracted to a handful of competing regional rulers. His coins are among the more frequently encountered late Indo-Greek issues precisely because his reign appears to have been comparatively stable and prolonged — unusual for the period. The Bopearachchi sequence for this type runs through multiple die pairings, suggesting sustained mint activity rather than emergency or commemorative striking.

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