![]() Obverse Description: Diademed and helmeted bust of the king facing right Greek legend ‘BASILEOS SOTEROS MENANDROU’ around. Reverse Description: Athena Alkidemos hurling thunderbolt to left, monogram in the left-field Kharoshthi legend ‘Maharajasa Tratarasa Menandrasa’. ![]() Obverse Description: Diademed bust of the king facing right Greek legend ‘BASILEOS SOTEROS MENANDROU’ around. Reverse Description: A horse galloping to right in the centre with Kharoshthi legend around Obverse Description: Bust of the king to right with Greek legend around Reverse Description: Nike standing to right with wreath and palm branch Obverse Description: Helmeted bust of the king to right Reverse Description: Standing Winged Nike facing towards the right, holding wreath and palm with Kharoshthi legend ‘Maharajasa Tratarasa Menadrasa’ around. Obverse Description: Helmeted bust of the King facing towards the right with Greek legend around, Reverse Description: Club of Herakles with Kharoshthi legend ‘Maharajasa Tratarasa Menamdrasa’ around Obverse Description: Head of the Elephant wearing a bell facing towards right Greek legend ‘BASIAEOS SOTHPOS MENANAPOY’around. This Copper square unit was issued by Menander I during his reign. Below are some examples issued by Menander I during his reign. Very few have been found with Brahmi inscriptions. They had bilingual inscriptions in Kharoshthi and Greek. All the coins issued by him are of two shapes circular and square. All the rulers of Indo- Greek issued their coins in attic weight standards.Ĭoinage of Menander I is divided into two weight standard they are attic weight standards as well as Indian weight standards. The motif on the reverse side of the coin also depicts Indian religious symbols. Coins issued by these Indo-Greek kings’ features a bust of the king on its obverse side and the Greek deities on the reverse side. The Indo-Greek rulers issued coins in gold, silver, copper, and nickel. Today, many Indo-Greek kings are known through their coins. There were over 30 Indo-Greek kings, often in competition with each other in different territories. The reign of Menander I might have followed Indo-Greek rulers Apollodotus I and Antimachus II, the Coinage of Menander I have the same monogram as that of Antimachus II. Some of the coins issued by Menander I depicts wheel probably this wheel may associate with Buddhism. Probably Menander-I was the First Bactrian King to strike a coin with both the legend Greek and Sanskrit. Menander I travelled across northern India and visited the Mauryan capital of Patna. He was one of the two Bactrian kings extended their kingdom farther to India, possibly far as Pataliputra, which at least had been put under siege by the Indo-Greeks according to Indian sources. King Menander-I was also known for his writing he is known amongst one of the Best Western and Indian classical authors. During his reign, Menander-I stretched his kingdom from Kabul River Valley in the west to the Ravi River in the east and from the Swat river valley in the north Arachosia (the Helmand Province). He established his kingdom in the eastern portion of Bactria and later he reached to a greatest territorial extent. Menander-I was a Bactrian king, he established his kingdom in the Indian subcontinent. He had also maintained a good trade relation between India and Europe via West Asia. He was very much influence by Indian Culture, tradition and Social ethics. Menander-I issued a large number of coins to maintain good trade and commerce. Coinage of Menander I was well struck, in well established Indo-Greek fashion, with fine details. depicts a lot about his vast kingdom and victories. He administrated a large kingdom in the north-western part of Indian Subcontinent from the capital at Sagala. Menander was the most successful Indo-Greek king that had conquered the vastest territory. He was an Indo-Greek king of the Indo-Greek Kingdom. Menander I Soter or Menander I Saviour is also known as Milinda in Pali. DecemCoins of India BASIAEOS, coin, copper square drachm, coppercoin, coppersquare unit, elephant, Greek, helmeted, Indo-Greek, Indo-Greek legends, Kharoshthi, MENANAPOY, Menander, Menander I, Menander I Sote, Menander1, MenanderI, Milanda, Milanda Panha, Mininda-Panha, Nagasena, nike, north-western, Pali, palm, palmbranch, pataliputra, Prakrits, right, Sanskrit, silvercoin, Soter, SOTHPOS, wreath, yavana, yona, yonas Team Mintage World
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