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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eparch, post: 7857076, member: 89211&quot;][USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER] - interesting theory about the Buddhist connection</p><p><br /></p><p>A different coin of Antialkidas</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353878[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Indo-Greek, Antialcides</b> (c.115-95 BC), Æ Unit, 6.89g,</p><p>diademed bust of Zeus right,</p><p><i>rev.</i> pilei of the Dioscuri with palms between</p><p>(SNG. ANS.1107; Bop.Ser.14; M.281)&nbsp; HGC 12&nbsp; 260</p><p><br /></p><p>one of&nbsp;&nbsp; Philoxenos who may have been his successor</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353881[/ATTACH]</p><p>Indo-Greek Kingdom, Philoxenos Aniketos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 125-110 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANIKHTOY ΦΙΛOΞENOY, diademed, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust right / &#039;Maharajasa apadihatasa Philasinasa&#039;, Philoxenos, in military attire, on horse rearing right; monogram to lower right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bopearachchi 5C; SNG ANS 1183-6; HGC 12&nbsp; 268.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>an interesting double portrait</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353882[/ATTACH]</p><p>Indogreek, Hermaios and Kalliope. Ca. 90-70 BC. AR drachm,</p><p>Conjoined busts R. of Hermaios and Kalliope Hermaios on horseback prancing R.</p><p>2.36 g.</p><p>&nbsp;Bop. series 2b. HGC 12&nbsp; 288</p><p><br /></p><p>and another of Archebios from the same period, rather</p><p>crudely depicted</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1353883[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Indo-Greek, Archebios Dikaios Nikephoros AR Tetradrachm. Circa 75-65 BC.</p><p>Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, wearing helmet adorned with bull’s horn and ear</p><p>Zeus standing facing, brandishing thunderbolt in raised right hand and cradling sceptre in left arm; monogram to right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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