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Tetradrachm - Menander I Heroic Bust
| Issuer | Indo-Greek Kingdom (India (ancient)) |
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| Year | 160 BC - 130 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (200 BC to 10 AC) |
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| Obverse description | Heroic bust of King Menander I facing left and seen from the rear in three-quarter view, the king depicted bare-shouldered and nude save for an aegis draped over the left shoulder, his head surmounted by a crested Macedonian helmet adorned with a royal diadem. The treatment of the figure is vigorous and sculptural, characteristic of the Bactrian-Hellenistic die-cutting tradition. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Translation: Of the Great Saviour King Menander) |
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