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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TJC, post: 1747863, member: 45502&quot;][ATTACH=full]274315[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]274314[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black">Indo-Scythians. Soter Megas. Circa 2nd Century AD. Æ Tetradrachm.&nbsp; <font face="Times New Roman">8.35gm, 23mm</font></span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black">Radiate, diademed, and draped bust right, holding sceptre, symbol behind / BASILEVC BASILEWN CWTHR MEGAC, King riding right on horseback, holding sceptre; three-pronged symbol of Soter Megas before. <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=4088" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=4088" rel="nofollow"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=4088</span></u></a> </span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black">Vima Takto</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="color: black"> (or Vima Taktu) a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushan" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black"><u>Kushan</u></span></a> emperor from 80–90 CE&nbsp; was long known as &quot;The nameless King&quot;, because his coins showed the legend &quot;The King of Kings, Great Saviour&quot;. The discovery of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabatak_inscription" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabatak_inscription" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black"><u>Rabatak inscription</u></span></a> helped connect his name with the title on the coins. His empire covered northwestern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black"><u>India</u></span></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactria" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black"><u>Bactria</u></span></a> towards <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black"><u>China</u></span></a></span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">.</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp; </span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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