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Apollodutus I was an Indo-Greek ruler; he ruled western and southern part of the Indo-Greek kingdom of India between 180 BCE and 160 BCE or between 170 BCE and 175 BCE.

The Indo-Greek rulers issued coins with bilingual and bilingual scripts. The bilingual coins are those which contain two scripts or two languages. Apollodutus I issued a large number of bilingual coins in India. He also issued coins depicting animals. One side of this depicts Greek legend and the other side of this coin depicts Kharoshti script.

The obverse side of this coin depicts the standing elephant facing towards the right with the Greek legend Bacillios Apollodpotou Sotherus.

The reverse side of this coin depicts a bull, a bull here may be a symbol of the city Pushkhalavati, or it may be a depiction of Shiva.

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