SH58759. Silver drachm, SNG ANS 733, Mitchiner IGIS 224e, Bopearachchi Smithsonian 68, Bopearachchi 7B, SNG Cop 301, HGC 12 188 (S), aEF, old cabinet toning, Paropamisadai or Gandhara, uncertain mint, weight 2.397g, maximum diameter 17.0mm, die axis 0
o, c. 155 - 130 B.C.; obverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ MENANΔPOY, diademed heroic bust left, seen from behind, wearing aegis over shoulder, brandishing spear in right hand; reverse Kharosthi legend: maharaja tratasa Menadrasa (of Great King Menander the Savior), Athena Alkidemos standing left, brandishing thunderbolt in right hand, sloping shield on left arm, Kharosthi monogram lower right; Mitchiner IGIS 224e,;
scarce;
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