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ANCIENT INDO GREEK KING MENANDER l AR DRACHM IN KHAROSHTI

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ANCIENT INDO GREEK KING MENANDER l AR DRACHM IN KHAROSHTI
ANCIENT GREEK India, Indo-Greeks. Menander I. Ca. 155-130 B.C. AR drachm.
Menander I. Ca. 155-130 B.C. AR drachm. Diademed heroic bust of Menander left, wearing aegis and brandishing spear; Greek legend around / Athena Promachos advancing left, brandishing thunderbolt and aegis; monogram to right and Kharoshthi legend around Maharajasa tratarasa Menamdrasa (of Great King Menander the Savior). HGC 12, 187. An attractive specimen sharply struck on a full flan, with minor roughness. Scarce and choice. near Very fine.