WA77217. Silver drachm, SNG ANS 876, Mitchiner IGIS 218h, Bopearachchi 16G, HGC 12 193, Bopearachchi Smithsonian -, SNG Cop -, gVF, attractive style, well centered on a tight flan, dark old collection toning, light deposits, Paropamisadai or Gandhara, uncertain mint, weight 2.439g, maximum diameter 17.7mm, die axis 0
o, c. 155 - 130 B.C.; obverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ MENANΔPOY, draped bust right, wearing diadem and crested helmet ornamented with bull's horn and ear; reverse Kharosthi legend: maharaja tratasa Menadrasa (of Great King Menander the Savior), Athena Alkidemos standing left, brandishing thunderbolt in right hand, shield on left arm, Σ lower left, Kharosthi monogram lower right;
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