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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 3826739, member: 81887&quot;]Personally, I would file them under (Greater) &quot;India&quot; because, while they do have some Hellenistic elements (use of Greek inscriptions, some designs) they also have some distinctly Indian elements to the coins (e.g. Kharosthi script), and the issuing groups are far from anything that you could reasonably call Greek, certainly in terms of geography and (arguably) culture of most of the population. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Some coin dealers use the term &quot;Oriental Greek&quot; or &quot;Eastern Greek&quot; as a grab bag for everyone that was in Asia (outside of Anatolia) and used Greek inscriptions or iconography on their coins.&nbsp; This includes such diverse cultures as Phoenicia, Parthia, Elymais, Bactria, India-Scythians, etc.&nbsp; and so I think &quot;Oriental Greek&quot; is more useful as a marketing tool than as a serious way to categorize a collection.&nbsp; (Not that it&#039;s completely useless- it does help me to know which section of a dealer&#039;s website or auction catalogue to check out first. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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