BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Zoilos I Dikaios. Circa 150-130 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 8.74 g, 12h).

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Lot: 566. Estimated: $ 2 500

Oriental Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

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BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Zoilos I Dikaios. Circa 150-130 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 8.74 g, 12h). BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔIKAIOY (archaic Z)OIΛOY, diademed and draped bust right / maharajasa dhramikasa jhahilasa in Kharosthi, laureate Herakles standing facing, head slightly right, holding wreath in right hand and cradling club in left arm draped with lion skin; monogram to inner left. Bopearachchi 2A = MIG Type 255 = HGC 12, 217 illustration (example [in the Ashmolean] chipped; same dies); Bopearachchi & Rahman –; SNG ANS –; CNG 91, lot 425 = Triton XV, lot 1349 (same dies). Rough find patina. Good Fine. Extremely rare, only the CNG coin in CoinArchives.

From the Melinda Collection.

Very little is known of the reign of Zoilos I. A coin of Zoilos I, overstruck by Menander I Soter, suggests that Zoilos I came to power under Menander (see R.C. Senior. "Menander versus Zoilos - another overstrike," ONS Newsletter No. 150 [Autumn 1996], p. 12, ill. 2). Zoilos ruled northern India and apparently occupied the Paropamisadai and Arachosia. His reverse type evokes much earlier issues of the Baktrian King Demetrios I Aniketos; whether this implies a distant dynastic relationship is unknown.

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