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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Indo-Greek Kingdoms| > GS59459
Indo-Greek Kingdom, Menander I Soter, c. 155 - 130 B.C.
|Indo-Greek| |Kingdoms|, |Indo-Greek| |Kingdom,| |Menander| |I| |Soter,| |c.| |155| |-| |130| |B.C.|, Menander is the most important Greek king who ruled in India and the only Greek king mentioned in Indian literature. Tradition maintains he was a wise and powerful King, who converted to Buddhism. This is further evidenced by his later coin legends which translate, "follower of the Dharma."
GS59459. Silver drachm, SNG ANS 750, Mitchiner IGIS 224f, Bopearachchi Smithsonian 77, Bopearachchi 9C, SNG Cop 302 HGC 12 189 (R1), gVF, toned, Paropamisadai or Gandhara, uncertain mint, weight 2.476g, maximum diameter 18.4mm, die axis 0o, c. 155 - 130 B.C.; obverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ MENANΔPOY, diademed heroic bust left, seen from behind, wearing aegis, thrusting with spear with right; 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, Kharosthi monogram lower right; Athena Alkidemos standing left, brandishing thunderbolt in right hand, shield on left arm, Kharosthi monogram lower right; rare; SOLD










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