bgr_830387 - BACTRIA - BACTRIAN KINGDOM - MENANDER I SOTER Drachme
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Price : 180.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 160-155 AC.
Mint name / Town : atelier incertain
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,50 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli buste. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste casqué et drapé à droite coiffée du casque béotine.
Obverse legend : BASILEWS SWTHROS// MENANDROU
Obverse translation : (Roi très grand Ménandre).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE KHAROSHTHI "MAHARAJASA TRATASARA MENAMDRASA".
Reverse description : Niké (Victoria) drapé marchant à droite, tenant une couronne de la main droite tendue et une palme de la main gauche ; monogramme dans le champ à droite.
Reverse legend : H
Reverse translation : (Roi très grand Ménandre).
Commentary
Drachme bilingue sur flan carré.
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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