bgr_830393 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - MENANDER I SOTER Chalque
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Type : Chalque
Date: c. 160-155 AC.
Mint name / Town : atelier incertain
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,46 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli revers. Bel éléphant. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d’éléphant à droite avec sa trompe et ses défenses ; une clochette suspendue au cou.
Obverse legend : BASILEWS SWTHROS// MENANDROU
Obverse translation : (Roi très grand Ménandre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE KHAROSHTHI "MAHARAJASA TRATASARA MENAMDRASA".
Reverse description : Massue d’Héraklès posée vertcialement.
Reverse translation : (Roi très grand Ménandre).
Commentary
Drachme bilingue.
Historical background
BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - MENANDER I SOTER
(165/155-130 BC)
Menander would be, according to O. Bopearachchi, the greatest monarch of Bactria. Originally from Alexandria in the Caucasus, he would have been of royal blood or belonged to the Greek aristocracy. According to Strabo (XI, 11), Menander would have extended Greek power in Bactria by conquering northwestern India. Its capital would have been Sagala which is not yet identified. He would have entered into conflict with Eucratides I, origin of a civil war which would have ruined Bactria. On the death of Eucratides, Menander recovered part of the latter's territories. When he died in 130 BC, the kingdom fell apart.
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