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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;limmle, post: 4577111, member: 113081&quot;]Great coin. Love the tentacled beast. One of my favourite deity representations on Greek coins is one by Agothocles of Bactria. Some believe this to be the Indian deity Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu, holding a lotus blossom. It&#039;s also the first time a local script is used. In this case its Brahmi. Unfortunately my own example is very worn, so the details are hard to make out. Does anyone have a better one?</p><p>Coin India&#039;s gallery pages have excellent information on the Bactrians and Indo Greeks. <a href="http://coinindia.com/home.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinindia.com/home.html" rel="nofollow">http://coinindia.com/home.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/761293_2462c1d2748d4395af97190afb4ea4da~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_196,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/IMG_7897_JPG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/761293_4ee458be324f460383bb8a0bce62ef16~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_196,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/IMG_7896_JPG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="5"><b>Agathocles. (King of Bactria c. 190-180 BCE) - bronze double karshapana</b></font></p><p>Struck: 190-180 BCE</p><p>Obverse: Female deity (goddess Lakshmi?) moving left, holding flower (Brahmi legend: Rajane Agathukleyasasa) Reverse: Lion standing right, Greek legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΓAΘOKΛEOYΣ</p><p>Reference: HGC 12, 98; Bopearachchi 10A[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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