S52(3.81g)Ancient gold coin 22K BACTRIAN MENANDER I SOTER Drachme bilingue Rare!

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S52(3.81g)Ancient gold coin 22K BACTRIAN MENANDER I SOTER Drachme bilingue Rare!
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Description:
Material:  Genuine 22 k Gold
Weight:  3.81 gm.,
Diam: 15 mm.,
Obverse
: Buste casqué avec l’égide et drapé de Ménandre à droite.
Obverse legend
: BASILEWS SWTHROS// MENANDROU.
Reverse legend
: LÉGENDE KHAROSHTHI "MAHARAJASA TRATASARA MENAMDRASA".
Reverse
: Athéna Alkidémos combattant à gauche, casquée et drapée, tenant de la main gauche un bouclier orné de l'égide et brandissant de la main droite un foudre ; derrière, un monogramme.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
BACTRIA - Bactrian kingdom - Menander I SOTER
(165/155-130 BC)
Menander is, according to O. Bopearachchi, the greatest monarch of Bactria. From Alexandria of the Caucasus, he was of royal blood or have belonged to the Greek aristocracy. Next Strabo (XI, 11), Menander would have extended to Greek Bactria conquering India northwest. Its capital was Sagala not yet identified. It would come into conflict with Eucratides I, causing a civil war which would have ruined Bactria. On the death of Eucratides Menander recovered part of the territory of the latter.
At his death in 130 BC, the kingdom disintegrated.
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