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| Issuer | Agacha, Tribal republic of |
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| Year | 101 BC - 1 BC |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse description | Lion walking right in profile, depicted in a schematic, archaic style typical of early Indian tribal coinage. The animal's body is rendered with minimal but recognizable detail, occupying the central field of the flan. The surfaces show characteristic roughness associated with cast bronze production of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | dake Agacha |
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The Agacha were among the semi-autonomous tribal coinages operating in the broader Indo-Greek frontier zones, issuing small bronzes that circulated alongside the more prolific output of their Hellenistic neighbors. MIG 973 places this type within Mitchiner's exhaustive cataloguing of Indo-Greek and related series, though attribution to specific tribal republics in this region remains contested among specialists. The century-long date range reflects genuine uncertainty rather than prolonged production.