Zoilus I Indo greek, 130-120BC Diademed, bare-headed bust of king right, Greek legend around: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔIKAIOY / ΖΩIΛOY Nude Hercules standing facing, holding wreath in right hand, club and lion skin in left, monogram at left, Kharoshthi legend around: maharajasa dhramikasa / jhoilasa Reference: MIG 256b, Bop 3B Got a complete indogreek silver after a while. Zoilus I coins are scarce as far as I know. The legend under the bust is degraded, probably rubbed off during cleaning? The detail on the bust albeit a bit cleaned off is still stunning. What are your thoughts. Share your zoilus coins!
Indo Greek silver Very cool I've got a few bronzes: Lysias BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Circa 130-125 BC. Æ (20x20mm, 8.82 g, 12h). Indian standard. Head of Herakles right, lion’s skin tied around neck, club over shoulder / Elephant advancing right; monograms in exergue. Bopearachchi 8A; SNG ANS 1040-7. VF, dark green patina. Ex: Timeline Auction
Purdy dog-gone kool, @Muhammad Niazi ! I like that scarce version! I have the Second Guy, who was a buddy of Antony at Actium... ZII INDO-GREEK KINGDOM Zoilos II Ca 50-40 BCE AR drachm 17mm 2.3g Athena Alkidemos l monograms Possibly aided Antony with troops at Actium SNG ANS 1654-1658 Here is @John Anthony 's comments when I captured it: "In his vision of the Battle of Actium, Virgil writes, “Hinc ope barbarica variisque Antonius armis, victor ab Aurorae populis et litore rubro, Aegyptum viresque Orientis et ultima secum Bactra vehit. (Antony, with barbarous wealth and strange weapons, conqueror of eastern peoples and the Indian shores, bringing Egypt, and the might of the Orient, with him, and furthest Bactria).” [The Aeneid, Bk.VIII, 688] The Bactrian ally of Marc Antony may very well have been Zoilos II, who ruled in eastern Punjab from 55-35 BC. Zoilos succeeded the last important Bactrian king Apollodotus II The Great. He appears as a balding man with hollow cheeks on drachms that follow the earlier Bactrian designs with Athena Alkidemos, the goddess in a fighting stance. This example is beautifully struck from brand new dies, with no circulation wear that I can discern. Just gorgeous! CNG had a hoard of these at one point"
Still waiting to capture a zoilus II. At 2.3g @Alegandron yur example has avoided leeching aswell. Cool lysias @Ryro . His silver drachms with the elephant headdress are to die for.
