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Tetradrachm - Polyxenus Usurper
| Issuer | Indo-Greek Kingdom (India (ancient)) |
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| Year | 100 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of King Polyxenus facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic style with finely detailed hair curling at the temples beneath the royal diadem. The portrait exhibits a youthful physiognomy with strong facial features characteristic of late Indo-Greek coinage. A circular Greek legend surrounds the effigy, reading BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠIΦANOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ ΠOΛYΞENOY, identifying the king as the manifest savior. The field is unadorned, focusing attention on the royal portrait, and the coin's irregular flan edge is typical of hammered production in the Bactrian tradition. |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Nike facing left, rendered in the Hellenistic manner, wearing a long chiton and advancing with wings spread. She holds a wreath aloft in her right hand and a palm branch in her left, symbolizing victory and divine favor. A monogram appears in the left field, serving as a mint or magistrate mark. The figure stands on a plain exergual line beneath which a Kharosthi legend is inscribed. A bilingual circular Kharosthi legend surrounds the design, providing the Prakrit equivalent of the Greek royal titulature on the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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