bgr_557816 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - MENANDER I SOTER Drachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 200.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 200.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 160-155 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,55 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie bien centrée au droit, légèrement décentrée au revers. Très beau buste. Patine grise agréable avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Ménandre à droite.
Obverse legend : BASILEWS SWTHROS// MENANDROU
Obverse translation : (Roi très grand 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 (AY).
Reverse translation : (Roi très grand Ménandre).
Commentary
Drachme bilingue. Notre exemplaire semble très proche de celui de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 775).
Bilingual drachma. Our example seems very close to that of the American Numismatic Society (ANS. 775)
Bilingual drachma. Our example seems very close to that of the American Numismatic Society (ANS. 775)
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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