Lot 12
Ancient Indo-Greeks Menander II Bronze Fractional Unit
Auction # 29 Lucknow (Online)
- Estimated Price (INR)
- 35000 - 40000
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- Catalog Reference #
- #
- Metal Composition
- Bronze
- Lot Grade/Condition
- about very fine
- Diameter
- 13.38 mm
- Weight
- 1.70 gms
- Denomination
- Fractional Unit
- Calendar/Year
- c. 90th-85th BC
Ancient, Indo-Greeks, Menander II (c. 90th-85th BC), Bronze Fractional Unit, 1.70 gms, 13.38 mm, Obverse: Hercules standing facing, crowning himself with his right hand and holding a club in his left hand, Greek legend around reading ‘BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔIKAIOY MENANΔPOY’ (of King Menander, the just), Reverse: Caps and palms of the Dioscuri, Kharoshthi legend around reading ‘Ma(harajasaDhramikasa)Menamdrasa’, about very fine, extremely rare.