VERY RARE! ANCIENT INDO Bactria. Menander I. In the back Athena 5/5 surface #969

Description: INDO-GREEK KINGDOMS. Bactria. Menander I Soter (ca. 155-130 BC). AR drachm 1.9 gr SILVER COIN. This is a very special coin. Please see the pictures to appreciate all details. Surface 5/5. Great, considering age! A real treasure found. Menander I Soter (Ancient Greek: Μένανδρος Σωτήρ, Ménandros Sōtḗr, Menandrauou Sotiros, ‘Menander the Saviour’) (Pali: मिलिन्दो, Milinda), was a Greco-Bactrian and later Indo-Greek King (reigned c.165[3]/155[3] –130 BC) who administered a large territory in the Northwestern regions of the Indian Subcontinent from his capital at Sagala. Menander is noted for having become a patron and convert to Greco-Buddhism and he is widely regarded as the greatest of the Indo-Greek kings.[4]Menander might have initially been a king of Bactria. After re-conquering the Punjab[2] he established an empire in the Indian Subcontinent stretching from the Kabul River valley in the west to the Ravi River in the east, and from the Swat River valley in the north to Arachosia (the Helmand Province). Ancient Indian writers indicate that he launched expeditions southward into Rajasthan and as far east down the Ganges River Valley as Pataliputra (Patna), and the Greek geographer Strabo wrote that he "conquered more tribes than Alexander the Great."Large numbers of Menander’s coins have been unearthed, attesting to both the flourishing commerce and longevity of his realm. Menander was also a patron of Buddhism, and his conversations with the Buddhist sage Nagasena are recorded in the important Buddhist work, the Milinda Panha ("The Questions of King Milinda"; panha meaning "question" in Pali). After his death in 130 BC, he was succeeded by his wife Agathokleia, the possible daughter of Agatokles, who ruled as regent for his son Strato I.[5] Buddhist tradition relates that he handed over his kingdom to his son and retired from the world, but Plutarch relates that he died in camp while on a military campaign, and that his remains were divided equally between the cities to be enshrined in monuments, probably stupas, across his realm. REF. WIKIPEDIA. THIS ARE COINS FOUND IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OR MUSEUMS. EXTRAORDINARY COIN INDED!!! inventory #anc969THE COIN HAS NOT BEEN APPRAISED WE ARE SELLING OUR ANCIENT, COLONIAL, US AND WORLD COIN COLLECTIONS. CONSTANTLY WE ARE LISTING NEW COINS. EACH ONE IS A TREASURE FOUND! BEAUTIFUL DESIGN! LOOK AT THE PICTURES. ALL DETAILS OF THE COIN ARE SHOWN PERFECTLY, CONSIDERING IT'S AGE . IT'S A REAL TREASURE FOR YOUR COLLECTION!!!. PLEASE VISIT MY STORE TO FIND MORE TREASURES AND FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTION. THANK YOU!!! LARIZZA ENTERPRISES STORE: You will be amazed to find REAL TREASURES!!! THE SPATZ FAMILY COLLECTIONS: ARCHAIC BRONZE, CHINESE AND JAPANESE PORCELAIN, ROMAN ANTIQUE GLASS ARTIFACTS, ANTIQUE CHINESE JADE, ANTIQUE MIDDLE EASTERN JEWELRY, COINS (MEDIEVAL AND COLONIAL, ANTIQUE USA AND WORLD COLLECTIONS), ONE OF A KIND HOME DECORATION VINTAGE AND ANTIQUES, ETC. ALSO, THE ORIGINAL ABSTRACT OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTINGS BY SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST EVELYN SPATZ. THANK YOU!!!Possible reproduction. The coin has not been appraised.

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End Time: 2024-09-07T18:54:39.000Z

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