Description: Indo-Greek Kingdom, Antialkidas Nikephoros (ca. 130 - 120 BC). BAΣIΛEΩΣ NIKHΦOPOY ANTIAΛKI∆OY; bust of Zeus brandishing thunderbolt / Maharajasa jayadharasa Amtialkidasa (of Great King Antialkidas the Victory-bearer); two caps of Dioskouroi with palm branches in center, monogram below left.

Diameter: AE22 mm

Weight: 3,82 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: Bopearachchi 15A; SNG ANS 1107

Commentary: rare; black patina

History: The name of Antialkidas is known from an inscription left on a pillar (the Heliodorus pillar), which was erected by his ambassador Heliodorus at the court of the Shunga king Bhagabhadra at Vidisha, near Sanchi.

Article Number: 012-04-01-44150