Menander I Silver Drachm, Extremely Fine

Menander I Soter (Menander the Saviour), sometimes called Menander the Great, was a Greco-Bactrian and later Indo-Greek King who reigned from ca. 165/155 –130 BC. He administered a large territory in the Northwestern regions of the Indian Subcontinent and Central Asia and is widely regarded as the greatest of the Indo-Greek kings. Large numbers of Menander’s coins have been unearthed, attesting to both the flourishing commerce and longevity of his realm. According to Plutarch, Menander died in 130 BC in camp while on a military campaign, and that his remains were divided equally between the cities to be enshrined in monuments across his realm. We have these wonderful silver drachms available in Extremely Fine condition showing the diademed bust of Menander on the obverse with his name below and on the reverse, Athena Alkidemos advancing holding a shield and wielding a thunderbolt. PLEASE NOTE: PHOTOGRAPHY IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COIN SUPPLIED