v31_0092 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - MENANDER I SOTER Drachme bilingue
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 240.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 377.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 240.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 377.00 €
Type : Drachme bilingue
Date: c. 160-155 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,41 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 13e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait avec une jolie patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Ménandre à droite.
Obverse legend : BASILEWS SWTHROS// MENANDROU
Obverse translation : (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 translation : (Roi très grand Ménandre).
Commentary
Pour ce type Osmund Bopearachchi n’a relevé qu’un seul exemplaire au Cabinet des médailles de la BnF (B. 65 pl. 28).
For this type, Osmund Bopearachchi noted only one example in the Cabinet des médailles of the BnF (B. 65 pl. 28)
For this type, Osmund Bopearachchi noted only one example in the Cabinet des médailles of the BnF (B. 65 pl. 28)
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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