Live auction - bgr_431932 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - MENANDER I SOTER Drachme bilingue

BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - MENANDER I SOTER Drachme bilingue AU

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Estimate :	350 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	13 June 2017 14:28:49

Type : Drachme bilingue

Date: c. 160-155 AC.

Mint name / Town : Gandhara

Metal : silver

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,48 g.

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Beau portrait de Ménandre. Revers de style fin. Patine de collection avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

B.110 16C pl. 30 - GC.7601 - Mit.218 d - BMC.- - ANS.858 - HGCS. 12/193

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES IV, n° 143

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste casqué avec l’égide et drapé de Ménandre à droite.

Obverse legend : BASILEWS SWTHROS// MENANDROU

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).