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Drachm - Menander II Nike advancing, monogram left
| Issuer | Indo-Greek Kingdom (India (ancient)) |
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| Year | 90 BC - 85 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (200 BC to 10 AC) |
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| Reverse description | Nimbate Nike advancing to the right, depicted in dynamic motion, holding a victor's wreath in her extended right hand and a palm frond in her left. A dynastic monogram appears in the left field. The surrounding legend is rendered in Kharosthi script, providing the Prakrit equivalent of the obverse Greek royal titulature. The reverse composition reflects the syncretic Hellenistic-Indian artistic tradition characteristic of Indo-Greek coinage. |
| Reverse script | Kharosthi |
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Menander II is one of the more obscure Indo-Greek rulers, his reign reconstructed almost entirely from coinage rather than written sources. He ruled a shrinking kingdom during a period of sustained pressure from Scythian incursions from the northwest — the same migrations that would eventually extinguish Indo-Greek rule entirely within decades of his death. The monogram on this issue has been used by scholars including Bopearachchi to tentatively assign mint attributions, though no Indo-Greek mint site has ever been archaeologically confirmed.