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Triton XVII, Lot: 452. Estimate $500.
Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDO-SKYTHIANS. Azilizes. Circa 85-45/35 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 9.77 g, 12h). City Goddess Group. BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN HEΓAΛOY AZIΛIΣOY, Azilises, holding spear, on horseback right; king wearing single streamer with forked end; horse’s tail tied; "sa" in Karosthi in exergue / “Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayilishasa” in Kharosthi, City goddess standing left, holding brazier in outstretched right hand and cradling scepter and filleted palm in left arm; % and Kharosthi so across field. Cf. Senior 52.3T (for type, but with different Kharosthi letter in exergue); BN –; cf. MIG Type 768 (for type; drachm); Zeno –. Good VF, lightly toned, small areas of weak strike. An apparently unknown obverse control mark for Azilises.