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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeptimusT, post: 4277723, member: 91240&quot;][ATTACH=full]1088642[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Sapadbizes, Yuezhi king of western Bactria, ~20 BC. 16mm, 1.33g, MAC 2824.</b></p><p><b>Obverse: </b>CAΠAΛBIZHC, Helmeted bust right</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: NANAIA legend on either side; Lion standing right, lambda and crescent above,</p><p><br /></p><p>The goddess Nanaia is linked to the Armenian Nane and the Persian Anahita, and thus indirectly to Men via Anahita. Also via Anahita, she incorporated elements of the Sumerian Inanna and Ishtar, including her lion imagery. Sapadbizes was a Yuezhi king who ruled portions of western Bactria, and who was probably conquered by Kujula Kadphises, another Yuezhi lord and founder of the Kushan dynasty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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