<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buddha_of_the_Bimaran_casket_BW.jpg" class="image"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Buddha_of_the_Bimaran_casket_BW.jpg/220px-Buddha_of_the_Bimaran_casket_BW.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="365" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Buddha_of_the_Bimaran_casket_BW.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="523"></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buddha_of_the_Bimaran_casket_BW.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>The attitude is similar to the Buddha of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimaran_casket" class="extiw" title="en:Bimaran casket">Bimaran casket</a>.</div></div></div>Central portion of a coin of Agathokles of Bactria (Serie 8). A report on this coin is visible in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ANSMusNotes1977Vols22to23/page/n37">Greek Accessions pp25-27</a> and the plate is <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ANSMusNotes1977Vols22to23/page/n327">here (Coin No.15)</a>. Note : In Osmund Bopearachchi, "Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek coins: Catalogue raisonné" Librairie Nationale, 1991. (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-7177-1825-7" title="Special:BookSources/2-7177-1825-7">ISBN 2-7177-1825-7</a>) and this coin Series 8 of Agathocles of Bactria (p. 175) is a bronze coin, (I quote:) with the "bearded bust of Zeus (D) and a female divinity wearing a high crown or a polo shirt, tightly wrapped in a coat, the right arm brought back to the chest under the fabric (B)". The image, Pl. 7, is clear but the coin is worn. Bronze, circular side. Triple unit (average weight 12.60 g. D. 28-30 mm.  Caption : Basileios Agathocles. Could this goddess be Hecate who appears on the tetradrachm of this same ruler, or an other goddess? <div class="center"><div class="thumb tnone"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coin_of_the_Bactrian_king_Agathokles.jpg" class="image"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Coin_of_the_Bactrian_king_Agathokles.jpg/300px-Coin_of_the_Bactrian_king_Agathokles.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="141" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Coin_of_the_Bactrian_king_Agathokles.jpg/450px-Coin_of_the_Bactrian_king_Agathokles.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Coin_of_the_Bactrian_king_Agathokles.jpg/600px-Coin_of_the_Bactrian_king_Agathokles.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="376"></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coin_of_the_Bactrian_king_Agathokles.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Silver tetradrachm. Agathocles of Bactria. Zeus of the extended right, holds a statuette of Hecate, herself holding a torch in each hand.</div></div></div></div>. However Agathocles was the creator of the Indo-Greek, bilingual coinage. And Taxila, capital of the Gandhara, was part of his domain. (Bopearachchi, p. 59.)
Osmund Bopearachchi
<p>Osmund Bopearachchi "Monnaies Gréco-Bactrienne et Indo-Grecques" Pl.7<br></p>
This is a portion of a frontal non-creative scan of an ancient coin (2nd century BCE). For this reason the photograph does not pass the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_of_originality" class="extiw" title="en:Threshold of originality">en:Threshold of originality</a>" (reproduction is a mere technical act) <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:When_to_use_the_PD-Art_tag/Archive_1#Comments_on_new_page" title="Commons talk:When to use the PD-Art tag/Archive 1">Commons talk:When to use the PD-Art tag/Archive 1#Comments on new page</a>.