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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;limmle, post: 4577122, member: 113081&quot;]Love Menander! He was apparently a pretty cool King! He was probably the first to actually embrace Buddhism. Many have identified him as the King Milinda in the Buddhist text <i>Milindapanha.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/761293_5e2d3c9c3cd640028257fe70d8e4a169~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_196,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/IMG_7906_JPG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/761293_679c612ee93e49d2b6538d9055408909~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_196,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/IMG_7907_JPG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><font size="5"><b>Menander I Soter (Indo-Greek King c. 155-130 BCE) - silver drachm</b></font></p><p>Struck: c. 155-130 BCE</p><p>Obverse: Diademed, helmeted bust of king right, discontinuous Greek legend around: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTHPOΣ / MENANΔPOY. Reverse: Athena Alkidemos standing left, holding horizontal shield, hurling thunderbolt, monograms at left and right, discontinuous Kharosthi legend around: maharajasa tratarasa / menamdrasa </p><p>Reference: Bop 16E</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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