Baktria, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Queen Agathokleia
Circa 110-80 BCE
AE 7.94g 20mm
Bust of Athena in Boiotian right /
Herakles seated left on rock, holding club set on knee
Bopearachchi 3A; HGC 12, 317
ex W.B and R.E. Montgomery Collection
Agathokleia ruled part of Baktria from roughly 110-100 BCE. She was the widow of an unknown king and ruled as regent for her infant son, Strato I. She was one of the first women to rule a Hellenistic kingdom. Amastris, who predated her, ruled only a city. Her portrait appears on some coins I can’t afford, but she’s named on mine.