Tetradrachm - Archebios

Archebios ruled a shrinking Baktrian kingdom already fragmented by a century of dynastic infighting and mounting Saka pressure from the north. His coins are notable for being struck on both Attic and Indian weight standards simultaneously — this tetradrachm follows the Attic standard, while his square Indian-format coins circulated alongside it for a population that increasingly conducted commerce in indigenous denominations. The bilingual legends on his coinage, Greek and Kharoshthi, reflect the administrative reality of governing territory straddling two distinct cultural zones.