bgr_766115 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - MENANDER I SOTER Drachme bilingue
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Price : 250.00 €
Type : Drachme bilingue
Date: c. 160-155 AC.
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,33 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, idéalement centré. Très beau buste de Ménandre. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste casqué avec l’égide et drapé de Ménandre à droite.
Obverse legend : BASILEWS SWTHROS// MENANDROU
Obverse translation : (du roi sauveur Ménandre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE KHAROSHTHI "MAHARAJASA TRATASARA MENAMDRASA".
Reverse description : Athéna Alkidémos combattant à gauche, casquée et drapée, tenant de la main gauche un bouclier orné de l'égide et brandissant de la main droite un foudre ; derrière, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : S/ (MoI)
Reverse translation : (du roi sauveur Ménandre).
Commentary
Seulement un exemplaire conservé dans les collections du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF.
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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