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Tetradrachm - Strato I
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
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| Year | 105 BC - 85 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and helmeted bust of King Strato I facing right, wearing a crested Macedonian-style helmet adorned with a diadem and a bull's horn at the side, draped in a chlamys visible at the shoulder. The portrait is rendered in a fine Hellenistic style with strong facial features, a prominent nose, and a determined expression typical of Indo-Greek royal portraiture. A circular Greek legend surrounds the effigy within the border of the flan, reading BAΣIΛEΩΣ EΠΦANOYΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ ΣTPATΩNOΣ, meaning 'Of King Strato, the Illustrious Saviour.' |
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| Reverse lettering | Maharajasa pracachasa tratarasa Stratasa (Translation: Of the Great King, the Easterner, the Saviour, Strato) |
| Edge | Plain |
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