Menander I Soter (Indo-Greek king of the Indo-Greek Kingdom, 165/155 -130 BC)

Mints

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.

Die Studies

Item	Image	Metal	Weight
Punjab (uncertain mint) (Menander), gold, staters (Athena/owl) (155-130 BCE)		Gold	4,386 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Metal	Date
19239 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Menander I) (drachm) over Zoilus I (Zoilus I/Heracles) (CNG 37, March 1996, 825)	Bronze	155 BC ^JL
18629 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Menander I) (tetradrachm Menander/Athena) over Zoilus I (Zoilus/Heracles) (MacDonald coll., 148)	Silver	155 BC ^JL
3112 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Menander I) (drachma Menander/Nike) over uncertain type (Künker 226, March 2013, 633)	Silver	155 BC ^JL
2636 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Menander I) (AE bull/tripod) over Menander I (Menander I/dolphin) (Triton, VIII, Jan. 2005, 658)	Bronze	155 BC ^JL
3368 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Heliocles II) (AE Zeus/elephant) over Strato I (Heracles/Nike) (CNG, 72, June 2006, 1046)	Bronze	91 BC ^JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck type	Metal	Date	Overstriking coin
2636 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Menander I) (AE bull/tripod) over Menander I (Menander I/dolphin) (Triton, VIII, Jan. 2005, 658)		Bronze	155 BC ^JL
2800 - Gandhara/Punjab (uncertain mint) (Agathocleia/Strato I) (AE Athena/Heracles) over Menander I (boar/palm) (Bopearachchi 2008, 2)		Bronze	110 BC ^JL