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LOT 2741
Indo-Scythians, Azes AR Drachm. Circa 58-12 BC.
Azes on horseback to right, wearing cataphractus and holding whip aloft; Karosthi letter before horse / Zeus Nikephoros standing to left, holding transverse sceptre; monogram to left, Karoshthi letter to right. Cf. Senior 105.500D; HGC 12, 655. Good Very Fine.(2.00gr, 15mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Ex Lockdales.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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