Live auction - bgr_464412 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - MENANDER I SOTER Drachme bilingue
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| Estimate : | 980 € |
| Price : | 680 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 March 2018 14:51:27 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Drachme bilingue
Date: c. 160-155 AC.
Mint name / Town : Gandhara
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,59 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large bien centré des deux côtés. Très belle tête d’Athéna. Revers inhabituel. Jolie patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste casqué avec l’égide et drapé d’Athéna à droite, coiffé du casque béotien.
Obverse legend : BASILEWS SWTHROS// MENANDROU
Obverse translation : (du grand roi Ménandre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE KHAROSHTHI "MAHARAJASA TRATASARA MENAMDRASA".
Reverse description : Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face ; monogramme dans le champ à droite.
Reverse translation : (Roi très grand Ménandre).
Commentary
Semble de même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de l’ouvrage de Hoover (HGCS. 12/ 183) et que l’exemplaire du cabinet des Médailles de la BnF, p. 226, n° 1, pl. 26.
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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