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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bgarg, post: 284881, member: 1876&quot;]As the Bactrian King Menander was ruling in Indian region and most of his coins were minted in various ancient Indian mints, I have collected some of his coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>On all of his coins, the obverse has various portraits of King Menander and reverse has standing figure of Athena holding shield and thunderbolt. </p><p><br /></p><p>His name appears in Greek on obverse while on reverse it&#039;s written in Khrosti (ancient Indian alphabets). The reverse letters reads &quot;Maharajasa Tratarsa Menandarasa&quot; i.e. The Great king Menander. For this reason, sometime his coins are referred as &quot;Bilingual&quot; coins in the region.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are few coins issued by King Menander, a great follower of Buddhism</p><p><br /></p><p>A Tetradrachm, Diademed bust of Menander facing right, Taxila mint</p><p>[ATTACH]21720.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Drachm, Diademed bust facing left and thrusting a javelin, Pushkalavati Mint</p><p>[ATTACH]21718.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Drachm, Diademed bust facing right, Pushkalavati Mint, E workshop</p><p>[ATTACH]21719.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Drachm, Helmeted bust of Athena facing right, Rev: Owl standing right, Pushkalavati Mint</p><p>[ATTACH]21721.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Drachm, Diademed bust facing right, Chach Mint</p><p>[ATTACH]21717.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Regards,</p><p>Ballabh Garg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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