Coins of the indo greeks were made of gold silver copper and nickel.
Indo greek gold coins.
Demetrius i of bactria was son of euthydemus and conquered the extensive areas in iran afghanistan and pakistan.
He was however ultimately defeated and became the last western indo greek king.
The coins feature portraits of the ruler on the obverse and greek deities on the reverse side.
The quantity and quality of hippostratos coinage indicates a quite powerful king.
He seems to have initially fought successfully against the indo scythian invaders led by azes i.
He is created with real indo greek expansion in india and has also been referred in greek sources as king of indians.
The history of the indo greek kingdom covers a period from the 2nd century bce to the beginning of the 1st century ce in northern and northwestern india.
Each coin was made by following the attic weight standard method.
His coins bear legends in greek and prakrit written in greek and kharoshthi script.
Gold coin of diodotus c.
Indo greek kingdom hippostratos c.
There were over 30 indo greek kings often in competition on different territories.
During the early rise of roman trade with india up to 120 ships were setting sail every year from myos hormos to india gold coins used for this trade was apparently being recycled by the kushan empire for their own coinage.
Coinage of indo greek kingdom began to increasingly influence coins from other regions of india by the 1st century bce.
The indo greek kingdom or graeco indian kingdom and historically known as yavanarajya kingdom of yavanas was a hellenistic kingdom spanning modern day afghanistan into the classical circumscriptions of the punjab of the indian subcontinent northern pakistan and northwestern india during the last two centuries bc and was ruled by more than thirty kings often conflicting with one another.
Gold staters and silver tetradrachms were issued in the name.
606er indo greek apollodotus ii 110 80 bc bilingual silver coinage ar drachm 2 08 grams minted in taxila chief workshop.
Diodotus the satrap of bactria and probably the surrounding provinces founded the greco bactrian kingdom when he seceded from the seleucid empire around 250 bc and became king diodotus i of bactria.
Many of them are only known through their coins.
Us 100 00 sphinx numismatics.
βασιλεωσ διοδοτου of king diodotus.
The greek inscription reads.
Significance of indo greek rule in india the indo greeks were the first to issue gold coins in india.
The greek rulers introduced features of hellenistic art in the north west frontier of.
Motifs on the reverse side also carried indian religious symbols.
