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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;THCoins, post: 2374055, member: 57364&quot;]Nice to see some attention for the Indo-Greeks !</p><p>The later Apolodotus II drachms often show degraded portraits and legends. It is not really correct to call Apollodotus II Bactrian. He probably never even set foot there.</p><p>The earlier Graeco-Bactrians had ruled over the Bactria territory. Appollodotus II ruled in the later years of the dynasty when they had lost power over Bactria and mainy retained a powerbase in the Indian Punjab, hence Indo-Greeks.</p><p>This is one with a better legend and portrait: (Starting with Basileus Soteros)</p><p>There also is short legend type.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]485782[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The different direction of the legend parts started under the ruler of Menander. Early Menander coins show a continuous legend. Later in his reign the design was altered to put the name of the ruler central at the bottom. That is so both for the Greek and for the Kharosthi text.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]485783[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]485784[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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