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Triple Unit - Pantaleon
| Issuer | Kings of Baktria |
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| Year | 185 BC - 180 BC |
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| Reference(s) | BIGR#pantaleon.4 , Bop#4A , MIG#160A , HGC 12#103 |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Pantaleon is one of only two Baktrian kings — the other being Agathokles — known to have struck coins in copper-nickel, making this issue among the earliest deliberate use of that alloy anywhere in the ancient world. The nearest nickel deposits were in the Bactrian region itself, likely sourced from what is now northern Afghanistan, suggesting the alloy was a local discovery rather than an import of technique. Why the experiment was abandoned after these two reigns remains unanswered; no subsequent Baktrian king repeated it.