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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6274127, member: 85693&quot;]Terrific write-up and coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This drachm of Menander is one of my first ancients, bought back in 1990.&nbsp; This one differs from the OP, with left-facing bust with spear, and the reverse featuring Athena with an aegis, rather than a shield (or a squid got attached to her arm):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1248464[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Indo-Greek Kings&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Drachm </b></p><p><b>Menander I </b></p><p><b>(c. 160-130 B.C.)</b></p><p>BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / MENANΔPOY Diademed bust left, spear in right hand /Kharoshthi: <i>maharajasa tratarasa menamdrasa</i>, Athena Alkidemos standing right with thunderbolt &amp; aegis, monogram.</p><p>Bop 6C; MIG 221d.</p><p>(2.15 grams / 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Note:</b>&nbsp; &quot;At some point relatively early in Menander&#039;s reign, the legend was changed to a discontinuous format in which the first two words were placed in an arc at the top of the coin and the king&#039;s name in an arc at the bottom. This was probably issued early in the series, as it retains the front-facing representation of Athena (with aegis, not shield)&quot; (CoinIndia.com)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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