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Obv: Helmetted bust of king. Rev: Seated Amyntas was an Indo-Greek king who ruled in parts of the northern Indian subcontinent between 95 and 90 BCE. The abundance of his coinage suggests that he was quite an important king, although nothing remains of him, either in Western or Eastern sources. COINAGE Amyntas minted the largest silver coins of in Afghanistan . His portraits as well as his choice of obverses (either Zeus sitting, or as above, Tyche in an identical position) suggest that Amyntas was a relative of Antialcidas . His main coin type is Zeus seated, holding a victory palm in the right hand, and in the right hand holding Athena who is forming the vitarka mudra. Some of his rarer types also include Tyche seated, and Athena standing at rest, both forming the vitarka mudra. One single type shows the embattled Athena Alkidemos. Two types represent the syncretic deity Zeus- Mithra wearing a Phrygian Cap . Overstrikes Amyntas is known to have overstruck coins of Heliokles II . NOTES |
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