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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;THCoins, post: 1991323, member: 57364&quot;]Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian, and Kushan coins are indeed very much related as far as i am concerned. (Though academic historians may disagree). The main reason is these coins originate from the same region in a fairly narrow time frame.</p><p>History in (very) short: The Skythians lived in Sogdiana. They were forced out of there into Bactria and more southern because the Yuezhi tribes migrated westwards from the eastern parts of central asia/china.</p><p>The Skythians did not wipe out the Indo-Greek but partly made alliances with local rulers and more or less blended in in government. The design of the coinage remained based on the Indo-greek prototypes.</p><p>However, the Indo-scythian rule was only short lived, as the Yuezhi moved on and also took over government in indo-greek territory. The united Yuezhi tribes under a single ruler formed the basis of the Kushan dynasty. This again partly continued existing coinage practices in the regions they conquered.</p><p>To illustrate, here again my specimen of Kujula Kadphises. But now including the other side of the coin. For that they just took the portrait and legend of earlier Indo-greek king Hermaios (name in Greek below bust), who had already died decades before.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]356558[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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