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INDO-GREEK KINGDOMS. Bactria. Menander I Soter (ca. 165/155-130 BC). AR Indic drachm (17mm, 11h). NGC XF, edge filing. Indian standard. Uncertain mint in the Paropamisadai or Gandhara. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / MENANΔPOY, diademed, draped bust of Menander right, seen from front, wearing broad-brimmed, crested Boeotian helmet with bull horn and ear / Maharajasa tratasara Menamdrasa (Kharosthi), Athena advancing left, seen from behind, aegis shield on left arm, brandishing thunderbolt with right; HΔYT monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 16I. HGC 12, 193.
From the Forest Wayne Collection.
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INDO-GREEK KINGDOMS. Bactria. Menander I Soter (ca. 165/155-130 BC). AR Indic drachm (17mm, 11h). NGC XF, edge filing. Indian standard. Uncertain mint in the Paropamisadai or Gandhara. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / MENANΔPOY, diademed, draped bust of Menander right, seen from front, wearing broad-brimmed, crested Boeotian helmet with bull horn and ear / Maharajasa tratasara Menamdrasa (Kharosthi), Athena advancing left, seen from behind, aegis shield on left arm, brandishing thunderbolt with right; HΔYT monogram in lower right field. Bopearachchi 16I. HGC 12, 193.
From the Forest Wayne Collection.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/ancient-india/ancients-indo-greek-kingdoms-bactria-menander-i-soter-ca-165-155-130-bc-ar-indic-drachm-17mm-11h-ngc-xf-ed/a/61385-25043.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61385-04222024
HID02906262019
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