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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;THCoins, post: 2751679, member: 57364&quot;]The history of the Indo-Greeks is quite complex.</p><p>Without trying to be complete:</p><p><br /></p><p>The dynastic line starts in Bactria, when the local Satraps declare themselves independent of the Seleukids.</p><p>During the reign of King Demetrios I the Graeco-Bactrians expanded their territory into India.</p><p>After this point in time there were several schisms in the dynasty and there could be a Graeco-Bactrian and a Indo-Greek ruler simultaneous with different relations to each other.</p><p>In the final stage of the Indo-Greek dynasties the Bactrian part of the territory was overrun by foreign invaders like the Indo-Scythians. Ultimately only a small Indo-Greek territory remained in the Punjab.</p><p><br /></p><p>This history has quite some similarities with the late Romans and the division into the Western and Eastern empire. Only we know less about the Indo-Greeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below some examples of the coins from the later stage of the decline of the dynasty. These look crap, but are quite rare and expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Zoilos II: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]630422[/ATTACH]</p><p>Period of Strato II/III:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]630421[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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