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Lot 37. Menander II. AE21, Athena / lion, extremely rare
Very rare Bactrian issue
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Bidding closed
(Sunday, June 17th, 19:18:30 CEST)
Current time: Sunday, November 24th, 04:30:20 CET
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CHF 325.00 (7 bids)
Approx. EUR 349.11 / USD 363.71 / GBP 290.29
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CHF 325.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2012-06-17, 13:44:51
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CHF 325.00
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2012-06-17, 19:18:21
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CHF 300.00
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2012-06-15, 20:31:04
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CHF 271.00
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2012-06-16, 23:46:09
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CHF 240.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2012-06-16, 23:45:53
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CHF 230.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2012-06-16, 23:45:45
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CHF 220.00
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2012-06-16, 23:45:40
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* User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on.
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Bidder 2
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eAuction #7, Lot 37. Estimate: CHF 250.00
Kings of Bactria. Menander II. (c. 90-85 BC, or around 65 BC). AE square quadruple unit (21 mm, 6.26 g).
Obv. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔIKAIOΥ MENANΔPOY, Athena standing left, raising right hand, holding spear and palm in left arm; shield before.
Rev. Legend in karoshti around lion seated left.
Bop. Série 5C; SNG ANS -.
Very rare. Good very fine.
It was long believed that there was just one king named Menander, but the coins bearing this name fall into two disctinctly different groups, indicating that two kings of the same name existed. Bopearachchi suggested a date of c. 90-85 BC for Menander II. whereas R. C. Senior connected his coins to those of Amyntas and Artemidoros, thus dating his reign to c. 65 BC.
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