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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4581231, member: 19463&quot;]What nerve! Imagine Zeus impersonating his own brother. </p><p><a href="http://coinindia.com/MIG0828.9961-Azes2-627.10.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinindia.com/MIG0828.9961-Azes2-627.10.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://coinindia.com/MIG0828.9961-Azes2-627.10.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Azes, Silver tetradrachm, Zeus right reverse</b></p><p>Weight: 9.64 gm. Diameter: 23 mm Die axis: 10 o&#039;clock</p><p>King mounted on horse right, holding whip, Kharoshthi letter <i>ti</i> at right,</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Greek legend around: BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY / AZOY</p><p>Zeus standing right, holding right hand outstretched, holding sceptre in left,</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; monogram at left, Kharoshthi letter <i>si </i>right, Kharoshthi legend around:</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <i>maharajasa rajarajasa mahatasa / ayasa</i></p><p>Reference: MIG 828, Sen 99.61T</p><p><img src="http://coinindia.com/spacer.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <b>Mitchiner identifies the deity on the reverse as Poseidon, perhaps on the strength of the trident-like sceptre, but Senior identifies the figure as Zeus.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I know nothing but I own the Mitchiner book and can blame him for my ignorance.&nbsp; I do find it odd that Senior calls both poses Zeus but allows the third variety to be Athena. In all honesty my guess would have been local gods with completely different names and the use of the Greek names is just another example of scholars guessing.&nbsp; I do not know enough about the religious beliefs of Azes to have an opinion.&nbsp;&nbsp; The other Zeus pose follows the two AE coins in Coin India.&nbsp;&nbsp; BTW, I do accept the theory that there was just one Azes based on the Senior report of an overstrike of a I coin on a II undertype.&nbsp; We will just add this to the 10,000 (Wansui - using Chinese number theory) things I don&#039;t pretend to understand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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