Watch List notes:

INDO-SKYTHIANS. Azes, circa 58-12 BC. Tetradrachm (Billon, 24 mm, 9.70 g, 9 h), Indian standard, uncertain mint in western Gandhara. BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY / AZOY King on horseback to right, raising his right hand and holding whip in his left; to right, Kharoshti letter. Rev. Maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa Ayasa' ('of Great King, King of Kings Azes the Great' in Karoshti) Athena standing front, head to right raising her right hand and holding spear and shield with her left; to left, monogram; to right, monogram. HGC 12, 637. Minor deposits, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of J. Knudsen, formed from the late 1970s to the late 1990s.