Antialkidas, 115-95 BC, Drachm

Antialkidas, drachm, AR, reign of Antialkidas Nikephoros, 115–95 BC, uncertain mint, 2.41 g, 16 mm. Obverse with diademed bust of King Antialkidas right, surrounded by the Greek legend BAΣIΛEΩΣ NIKHΦOΡOΥ ANTIAΛKIΔOΥ. Reverse with the corresponding Kharoshthi legend Maharajasa Jayadarasa Antialkidasa, within the customary Indo-Greek drachm type arrangement; surfaces evenly preserved with legible bilingual inscriptions and centered devices. Struck in good metal with clear detail for the issue. Reference: Bopearachchi 12C.

As an Indo-Greek bilingual silver drachm, this issue documents the administrative and commercial integration of Greek and local traditions in the northwestern Indian subcontinent during the late 2nd century BC, employing Greek and Kharoshthi legends to address multiple language communities while asserting royal titulature and legitimacy across a culturally mixed frontier region.