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<p>[QUOTE="Nathan B., post: 6277555, member: 112852"]Thank you very much for your kind words, Doug. I appreciate them a lot!</p><p><br /></p><p>In regards to your question quoted above, I believe you are talking about the four letters at the bottom of the reverse, is that right? If so, I believe it is Menander's name, indicated as "Me-na-dra-sa." I'm completely certain about the first and the last, reading from right to left, but I can't really see how the "na" should be a "na" (if in fact it is). I suppose with varying styles we can get the other letter to be "dra." I'm working from the assumption that CoinIndia's transcription of "menandrasa" really should be rendered "menadrasa." You can see some coins with the same exergues here: <a href="http://coinindia.com/galleries-menander.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinindia.com/galleries-menander.html" rel="nofollow">http://coinindia.com/galleries-menander.html</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nathan B., post: 6277555, member: 112852"]Thank you very much for your kind words, Doug. I appreciate them a lot! In regards to your question quoted above, I believe you are talking about the four letters at the bottom of the reverse, is that right? If so, I believe it is Menander's name, indicated as "Me-na-dra-sa." I'm completely certain about the first and the last, reading from right to left, but I can't really see how the "na" should be a "na" (if in fact it is). I suppose with varying styles we can get the other letter to be "dra." I'm working from the assumption that CoinIndia's transcription of "menandrasa" really should be rendered "menadrasa." You can see some coins with the same exergues here: [URL]http://coinindia.com/galleries-menander.html[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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