Silver Tetradrachm, Azes II (35-12 BC) Indo-Scythian Start Price USD 375.00 Current Price USD 375.00 Time Left 14 days 11 hours 49 minutes Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, September 17, 2008 End Time Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Location Georgia See more about 'Silver Tetradrachm, Azes II (35-12 BC) Indo-Scythian' Description Indo-Scythian Kings: Azes II (c 58-19 BC)  Pushkalavati area                                                                  Azis II  (c 58-19 BC) AR Tetradrachm  (9.63 g.,  24 mm). OBV: King on horseback riding right, wearing cataphractus and holding whip aloft, Kharosthi letter before horse.REV: Pallas Athene standing right holding spear and shield, right arm extended, monogram left, monogram in right field. Senior type 98: 370a-375 Var. Geat style. Condition: Choice EF; Excellent metal. Sharply struck. Azes II (r. circa 35-12 BC), was an Indo-Scythian king who completed the rule of the Scythians in northern India.After the death of Azes II, the rule of the Indo-Scythians in northwestern India crumbled with the conquest of the Kushans, one of the five tribes of the Yuezhi who had lived in Bactria for more than a century, and who were then expanding into India to create a Kushan Empire.Soon after, the Parthians invaded from the west. Their leader Gondophares temporarily displaced the Kushans and founded the Indo-Parthian Kingdom that was to last until the middle of the 1st century AD.The Kushans ultimately regained northwestern India circa 75 AD, where they were to prosper for several centuries.Some Indo-Scythian kingdom persisted in northern India until the 5th century AD.Azes II's coins use Greek and Kharoshti and frequently depict a Greek goddess, in this case Athena, as his protector, and thereby essentially follow the numismatic model of the Hellenistic kings, suggesting a desire to accommodate Greek culture. An originality of the Indo-Scythians is to show the king on  horseback, rather than his bust in profile, as did the Greeks.Combine shipping policy within a three day period:First item-- full shipping and/or insurance.Second item--50% off.Third and subsequent articles-- free. Place a Bid!