Obol of Antimachos I of Baktria c. 199

Curator: Here we have a silver obol attributed to Antimachos I of Baktria. Editor: It feels haunted, almost weightless with the stories it holds. Curator: Coins such as this, though small, functioned as tools that reflected power structures and cultural identity. Antimachos I was a Graeco-Bactrian king who reigned during the 2nd century BCE. Consider how this little piece of metal acted as propaganda. Editor: And a symbol of control, of course. I wonder what hands it passed through. Did it bring someone joy, or was it used to pay a debt? Curator: We can imagine how such items shaped the economic and social lives of people then, and perhaps even now as an artifact. Editor: It's amazing how something so small can whisper volumes across millennia. A tiny portal to another world.