File:Coin of Menander Dikaiou.jpg

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Summary

Coin of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menander_II" class="extiw" title="en:Menander II">en:Menander II</a>, "Dikaiou".

"Coins of the Indo-Greeks", Whitehead, 1914 edition. Public Domain.

Obv: Menander wearing a diadem. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (King Menander the Just).

Rev: Winged figure bearing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/diadem" class="extiw" title="en:diadem">en:diadem</a> and palm, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(religious_iconography)" class="extiw" title="en:Halo (religious iconography)">halo</a>, probably <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_(mythology)" class="extiw" title="en:Nike (mythology)">Nike</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharoshthi" class="extiw" title="en:Kharoshthi">en:Kharoshthi</a> legend reads MAHARAJASA DHARMIKASA MENADRASA (Great King, Menander, follower of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma" class="extiw" title="en:Dharma">en:Dharma</a>, Menander).

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current09:24, 3 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 09:24, 3 January 2017480 × 216 (18 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<i>Coin of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menander_II" class="extiw" title="en:Menander II">en:Menander II</a>, "Dikaiou".</i> <p>"Coins of the Indo-Greeks", Whitehead, 1914 edition. Public Domain. </p> <p>Obv: Menander wearing a diadem. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (King Menander the Just).<br></p> Rev: Winged figure bearing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/diadem" class="extiw" title="en:diadem">en:diadem</a> and palm, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(religious_iconography)" class="extiw" title="en:Halo (religious iconography)">halo</a>, probably <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_(mythology)" class="extiw" title="en:Nike (mythology)">Nike</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharoshthi" class="extiw" title="en:Kharoshthi">en:Kharoshthi</a> legend reads MAHARAJASA DHARMIKASA MENADRASA (Great King, Menander, follower of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma" class="extiw" title="en:Dharma">en:Dharma</a>, Menander).<i></i>
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