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| 正面描述 | King Azes II depicted on horseback in right profile, mounted on a walking horse and rendered in a Hellenistic-influenced style typical of Indo-Scythian coinage. The royal rider wears a domed helmet and military attire, holding a spear or whip. A circular border of pellets frames the central equestrian design. The Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΖΟΥ, meaning 'of the Great King of Kings Azes', runs around the periphery. The die work is characteristic of the hammered coinage of the Indo-Scythian court, with the legend partially weak at the flan edges. |
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| 背面描述 | A standing male deity, identified as Zeus or Pallas Athena in some references but here appearing as a standing male figure in frontal or near-frontal pose, holding a long scepter or spear in one hand and a Nike or wreath in the other, rendered in the Hellenistic tradition. A monogram appears to the left of the standing figure in the field. The Kharoshthi legend Maharajasa Rajadirajasa Mahatasa Ayasa, the Prakrit equivalent of the Greek obverse title, encircles the design. A dotted border frames the composition. The flan shows irregular edges consistent with hand-struck production. |
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Azes II remains a disputed figure — some numismatists, most notably Nicholas Sims-Williams working from Kharoshthi inscriptions, have argued he never existed at all and that coins attributed to him were simply continuations struck under Azes I. The debate has not been resolved. What is clear is that this coinage circulated across a vast territory from Gandhara into the Punjab, functioning within a bilingual administrative system that used both Greek and Kharoshthi, a practical accommodation to a conquered population rather than any cultural gesture.