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Message:: [QUOTE="Ancientnoob, post: 1694816, member: 44140"]Ah good question collect89! The answer is yes. Originally coins of Bactria and the Indo-Greek kingdoms were on the Attic Standard with a 17.2 gram fine silver tetradrachm and a 4.3g drachm. As the Indo-Greek Kingdoms became increasingly separated from the affairs in Europe. They adopted their own way of doing things. They created a 9.8 g tetradrachm on a 2.45 drachm standard (also known as the Indian Standard.) All of these coins feature the a Greek obverse and a Kharosthi reverse. Starting in the top half of the 1st century BC Hermaios (the last great Bactrian King) lost control of the Silver minds to the Yue-chi tribal confederacy. The remaining Greek cities and the subsequent nomad conquers continued to issue Hermaios drachms and tetradrachms in increasingly lower and lower silver content. The Hermaios tetradrachms would become increasingly more crude over the 100 or so years. The Bactrian coinage is one of my favorite and in my opinion one of the most fascinating and unique series of coinages ever minted. I am truly happy you liked the Menander video.:yes: I also hope I was able to sufficiently answer your question.[/QUOTE]