{"product_id":"scarce-billon-tetradrachm-aspavarma-ca-15-45-ce-arpacarajas-indo-scythians-1","title":"Scarce billon tetradrachm, Aspavarma (ca. 15-45 CE), Arpacarajas, Indo-Scythians","description":"\u003cp\u003eKing mounted on a horse, holding a whip. Greek legend around ΒΑΣÎΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣÎΛΕΩΝ ÎΕΓΑΛΟΥ \/ ΑΖΟY \/\/ Pallas Athena holding spear, and triratna symbol. Kharoshthi legend around \u003cem\u003eImtravarmaputrasa Aspavarmasa strategasa jayatasa\u003c\/em\u003e (\"Victorious strategos (general) Aspavarma, son of Indravarma\"). 21mm, 9.29 grams. \u003cspan\u003eSenior 183.517T; Mitchiner AC#2488; Mitchiner Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, #898. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRare. Ex-Steve Album (without Album's slip). Roughly cleaned, but much better silver content than usual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAspavarma (c. 15–45 CE) was an Indo-Scythian ruler of the Apraca (Apracarāja) dynasty, which controlled parts of Gandhāra and the northwestern frontier during the early first century CE. \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe Apracas were important regional rulers linking the late Indo-Scythian and emerging Indo-Parthian political worlds. Aspavarma \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ewas the son of the Apraca ruler Indravarma and is known from both coins and inscriptions. He initially acknowledged the authority of the Indo-Scythian king Azes II and subsequently that of the Indo-Parthian Gondophares, illustrating the shifting political allegiances of the period. His bilingual Greek-Kharoṣṭhī coinage, particularly the characteristic horseman \/ Athena types, reflects the continuing influence of Indo-Greek monetary traditions while identifying him through his Kharoṣṭhī title as stratega (“general”). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NumisMallstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51674471956795,"sku":"x3685-74064","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0447\/1750\/6710\/files\/w74064.jpg?v=1789074783","url":"https:\/\/www.numismall.com\/products\/scarce-billon-tetradrachm-aspavarma-ca-15-45-ce-arpacarajas-indo-scythians-1","provider":"NumisMall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}