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Menander I AR Drachm
Size: 17mm, Weight: 2.45 grams, Die Axis: 9h
Baktria, Menander I
Circa 155 – 130 BCE
Obverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ MENAN∆POY (of saviour king Menander)
Diademed ‘heroic’ bust of Menander I to left, wearing aegis and brandishing spear.
Reverse: The Kharoshthi script 𐨣𐨚𐨯 𐨚𐨟𐨪𐨯 𐨨𐨱𐨪𐨗𐨯ꅐ (maharajasa tratarasa menadrasa - translation as obverse)
Athena Alkidemos advancing left, brandishing thunderbolt and shield held horizontally decorated with head of Gorgon. Monogram to right.
Purchased from Künker am dom, 2019
Colección : Ancient Greek Coins