★ An unusually complete name ★

INDO-PARTHIANS, Gondopharid Dynasty. Orthagnes (Gondophares-Gadana), circa 1 BC-AD 20/30. Tetradrachm (Bronze, 24 mm, 8.64 g, 6 h), uncertain mint in Arachosia. BACΙΛЄYC BACΙΛЄⲰN MЄΓAC OPΘAΓNHC Diademed and draped bust of Orthagnes to left; to right, five-rayed star. Rev. 'MAHARAJASA RAJATIRAJASA MAHATASA GUDAPHARASA GUDANASA' (in Kharoshthi) Nike standing right, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder; to left and right, Kharoshthi letters. Senior 257.50T. An attractive example with an unusually complete name of the king. Very fine.

Ex Peus 313, 13-15 May 1985, 318.