Menander I Soter was an Indo-Greek King of the Indo-Greek Kingdom (165/155 –130 BC) who administered a large empire in the Northwestern regions of the Indian Subcontinent from his capital at Sagala. Menander is noted for having become a patron of Buddhism.
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| 18629 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Menander I) (tetradrachm Menander/Athena) over Zoilus I (Zoilus/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 148)
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Silver
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155 BC JL
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| 3112 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Menander I) (drachma Menander/Nike) over uncertain type (Künker 226, March 2013, 633)
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Silver
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155 BC JL
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| 19239 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Menander I) (drachm) over Zoilus I (Zoilus I/Heracles) (CNG 37, March 1996, 825)
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Bronze
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155 BC JL
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| 2636 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Menander I) (AE bull/tripod) over Menander I (Menander I/dolphin) (Triton, VIII, Jan. 2005, 658)
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Bronze
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155 BC JL
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| 3368 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Strato I (Heracles/Nike) (CNG, 72, June 2006, 1046)
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Bronze
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91 BC JL
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