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Name or Denominations
Gold Stater (20)
Issuer
Indo-Greek Kingdom (India (ancient))
Ruler
Menander I (Μένανδρος ο Δίκαιος) ( 160 BC - 135 BC )
Year of Minting
160 BC - 135 BC
Currency
Drachm ( 200 BC to 10 AC )
Shape
Round (irregular)
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
8.54 g
Diameter
16.68 mm
Thickness
NA
Material
Gold
Shape
Round (irregular)
Edge Type
Plain
Technique
Hammered
Front design
Portrait of Menander I facing right, helmeted.
Back design
Owl with 'A' on left side of field
Year of Minting
160 BC - 135 BC
King
Menander I (Μένανδρος ο Δίκαιος) ( 160 BC - 135 BC )
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Inscriptions
Reverse: A
Context
Menander I was King of the Baktrian Kingdom and Indo-Greek Kingdom from 160-135 BC. A convert to Greco-Buddhism, he did much to support Buddhist causes and art forms. He is best known as a conqueror, and likely started his reign by conquering Taxila to take the Baktrian throne, following which he also assumed the Indo-Greek Throne and conquered large areas of modern India and Afghanistan, with attestations to his conquest of “more tribes than Alexander” and some historians believing he conquered as far as Pataliputra. According to Plutarch, he dies in camp and had his remains interned in stupas across his realm, while Buddhist sources state he retired and die peacefully.
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Standard circulation
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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