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A coin of King Menander of Bactria with Athena on the reverse. Coin Type: Silver drachm of Menander of Bactria, 155-130 BCE
Mint: Pushkalavati
Size and Weight: 17mm, 2.44g
Obverse: Heroic bust of king left seen from behind, wearing tainia, wielding spear with upraised hand.
BAΣILEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ MENANΔPOY
Reverse: Athena Alkidemos standing right holding aegis on outstretched left arm, thunderbolt in raised right hand.
Karosthi legend, monogram on right
Provenance: Mike R. Vosper (Vcoins), January 2008
Ref: Bopearachchi Series 3, no. 4 (only one example with that monogram listed in the BN, none in his Smithsonian catalogue) (Manzikert, Forum)
BW Ref: 003 036 121
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