Lysias Drachm (Pushkalavati, 130-125 BCE)
Issuing Ruler: Lysias "Aniketos" (Lysiasa; 𐨫𐨿𐨩𐨿𐨯𐨁𐨀𐨯𐨿)
Issuing Authority: Indo-Greek Kingdom
Date of Issue: 130-125 BCE
Mint: Uncertain mint in the Paropamisadai or Gandhara regions, possibly Pushkalavati (Charsadda in modern Pakistan)
Obverse: Helmeted and diademed heroic bust of Lysias facing left, wearing elephant-skin pauldrons, encircled by Greek legend reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ; "Of Invincible King Lysias".
Reverse: Herakles standing facing, crowning himself with wreath and cradling club in arm draped with lion skin; monogram and Σ flanking, surrounded by Kharoshthi legend 𐨀𐨆𐨥𐨿 𐨀𐨁𐨌𐨣𐨿𐨬𐨁𐨣𐨿𐨕𐨁𐨦𐨿𐨫𐨅 𐨏𐨀𐨁𐨣𐨿𐨒𐨿 𐨫𐨿𐨩𐨿𐨯𐨁𐨀𐨯𐨿; "Maharajasa jayadharasa Lysiasa", translated as "Of Invincible King Lysias".
Weight: 2.38 g
Diameter: 17mm
Axis: 12h
Denomination: Drachm (Indian Standard)
Provenance: Ex CNG Esale 537, Lot 246 (2023)
Issuing Ruler: Lysias "Aniketos" (Lysiasa; 𐨫𐨿𐨩𐨿𐨯𐨁𐨀𐨯𐨿)
Issuing Authority: Indo-Greek Kingdom
Date of Issue: 130-125 BCE
Mint: Uncertain mint in the Paropamisadai or Gandhara regions, possibly Pushkalavati (Charsadda in modern Pakistan)
Obverse: Helmeted and diademed heroic bust of Lysias facing left, wearing elephant-skin pauldrons, encircled by Greek legend reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ; "Of Invincible King Lysias".
Reverse: Herakles standing facing, crowning himself with wreath and cradling club in arm draped with lion skin; monogram and Σ flanking, surrounded by Kharoshthi legend 𐨀𐨆𐨥𐨿 𐨀𐨁𐨌𐨣𐨿𐨬𐨁𐨣𐨿𐨕𐨁𐨦𐨿𐨫𐨅 𐨏𐨀𐨁𐨣𐨿𐨒𐨿 𐨫𐨿𐨩𐨿𐨯𐨁𐨀𐨯𐨿; "Maharajasa jayadharasa Lysiasa", translated as "Of Invincible King Lysias".
Weight: 2.38 g
Diameter: 17mm
Axis: 12h
Denomination: Drachm (Indian Standard)
Provenance: Ex CNG Esale 537, Lot 246 (2023)
Issuing Ruler: Lysias "Aniketos" (Lysiasa; 𐨫𐨿𐨩𐨿𐨯𐨁𐨀𐨯𐨿)
Issuing Authority: Indo-Greek Kingdom
Date of Issue: 130-125 BCE
Mint: Uncertain mint in the Paropamisadai or Gandhara regions, possibly Pushkalavati (Charsadda in modern Pakistan)
Obverse: Helmeted and diademed heroic bust of Lysias facing left, wearing elephant-skin pauldrons, encircled by Greek legend reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΙΚΗΤΟΥ ΛΥΣΙΟΥ; "Of Invincible King Lysias".
Reverse: Herakles standing facing, crowning himself with wreath and cradling club in arm draped with lion skin; monogram and Σ flanking, surrounded by Kharoshthi legend 𐨀𐨆𐨥𐨿 𐨀𐨁𐨌𐨣𐨿𐨬𐨁𐨣𐨿𐨕𐨁𐨦𐨿𐨫𐨅 𐨏𐨀𐨁𐨣𐨿𐨒𐨿 𐨫𐨿𐨩𐨿𐨯𐨁𐨀𐨯𐨿; "Maharajasa jayadharasa Lysiasa", translated as "Of Invincible King Lysias".
Weight: 2.38 g
Diameter: 17mm
Axis: 12h
Denomination: Drachm (Indian Standard)
Provenance: Ex CNG Esale 537, Lot 246 (2023)