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A COLLECTORS COIN. A BEAUTIFUL ANCIENT GREEK SILVER DRACHMA OFHISTORICAL GENERAL EUDEMUS.300+ B.C.E.ALEXANDER THE GREATSSOUTHEASTERN ASIA INDO-GREEK CAMPAIGN*VERY NICE COA, HISTORY & MAPS INCLUDED*
~ RARE ANCIENT GREEK COIN COLLECTORS ~THE BUST OF ALEXANDER THE GREATS FAMOUS GENERAL EUDEMUSIS DEPICTED ON THIS COIN.A VERY DOCUMENTED, HISTORICAL FIGURE! LATER APPOINTED BY ALEXANDER TO RULE THE TROOPS AND GREEK COLONIES ESTABLISHED BY ALEXANDER FOR THE GREEK EMPIRE.HISTORY BELOW.A COLLECTORS COIN.ONLY SLIGHT OFF CENTER MINTING & A LITTLE OVAL SHAPED.BEAUTIFUL CONDITION. VERY FINE DETAILS WITH RAISED BUST AND SCRIPT. VERY MINOR SILVER TARNISH. GENERAL EUDEMUS:GENERAL EUDEMUS WAS ONE OF ALEXANDER THE GREATSGENERALS, WHO WAS APPOINTED BY ALEXANDER TO THE COMMAND OF THE TROOPS LEFT IN INDIA, AFTER THE MURDER OF THE ALEXANDER-APPOINTED SATRAP PHILIP (SON OF MACHATAS) BY HIS OWN MERCENARY TROOPS IN 326 BCEALEXANDER DISPATCHED LETTERS TO INDIA TO EUDEMUS AND TAXILAS TELLING THEM TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE DISTRICT FORMALY UNDER PHILIP, UNTIL HE HIMSELF SENT A SATRAP TO GOVERN IT ( ARRIAN, ANABASIS OF ALEXANDER, VI. 27.2AFTER ALEXANDER'S DEATH IN 323 BC HE MADE HIMSELF MASTER OF THE TERRITIOIES OF THE INDIAN KING PORUS, AND TREACHEROUSLY PUT THAT MONARCH TO DEATH. HE BY THIS MEANS BECAME VERY POWERFUL.EUDEMUS RULED, FIRST WITH TAXILES, THE NORTHERN DOMINIONS OF THE INDUS, DOWN TO THE JUNCTION OF THE INDUS AND THE ACESINES.GENERAL EUDEMUS DIED IN 326 BCE PLEASE NOTE: THIS INFORMATION, A MAP OF THIS AREA, THE NEW INDO-GREEK EMPIRE AND A COA WILL BE INCLUDED WITH YOUR COIN FOR YOUR REFERENCE AND ENJOYMENT A VERY FINE, CLEAR DETAILED, RARE
GREEK ISSUE SILVER DRACHMA
FROM THE
CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
HISTORICAL GENERAL EUDEMUS! WEIGHT: 2.2 GRAMS DIAMETER: 20MM COMPOSITION: SILVERAGE: 300+ B.C.E.NOTE: EUDEMUS CAN BE SEEN IN SCRIPT.
~EXCELLENT CLEAR DETAILS, SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER MINTED WITH AN OVAL SHAPE, ONLY SLIGHT MINOR SILVER TARNISH AS SEEN IN PICTURES.ALL A COLLECTORS BONUS.
A++ GREEK INVESTMENT COIN!
A HISTORICAL COLECTABLE
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OBV: BUST OF GENERAL EUDEMUS
REV: ATHENA BRANDISHING A THUNDERBOLT IN A BATTLE STANCE.ATHENA - ALKIDEMOS( PROTECTOR OF THE PEOPLE )
MINTED AT THE THE TAXILA MINT
WITH BILINGUAL LEGEND
EUDEMUS TOPPLED TAXILES AND GAINED CONTROL OF THE MINT AND FLOW OF SILVER.
HE BECAME VERY POWERFUL AND EXPANDED HIS INFLUENCE.
( SEE HISTORY BELOW. )
ANCIENT
SILVER
INDO-GREEK
OR GRAECO-INDIAN KINGDOM DRACHMA
BACKGROUND:
PRELIMINARY GREEK PRESENCE IN SOUTH ASIA:
1N 328 B.C. E. , ALEXANDER THE GREAT CONTINUED HIS CAMPAIGN EASTWARD AND CONQUERED THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT AS FAR AS THE HYPASIS RIVER, AND ESTABLISHED GREEK SATRAPIES AND FOUNDED SEVERAL LARGE SETTLEMENTS, INCLUDING BUCEPHALA; HE TURNED SOUTH WHEN HIS TROOPS REFUSED TO GO FURTHER EAST.
THE INDIAN SATRAPIES OF THE PUNJAB WERE LEFT TO THE RULE OF PORUS AND TAXILES, WHO WERE CONFIRMED AGAIN AT THE TREATY OF TRIPARADISUS, AND THE REMAINING GREEK TROOPS IN THE SATRAPIES WERE LEFT UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL EUDEMUS. AFTER EUDEMUS TOPPLED TAXILES HE GAINED CONTROL OF THE SILVER MINES AND HE STAYED TO RULE UNTILL HE LEFT INDIA SEVERAL YEARS LATER. ANOTHER GENERAL ALSO RULED OVER THE GREEK COLONIES OF THE INDUS: PEITHON, SON OF AGENOR, UNTILL HIS DEPARTURE FOR BABYLON IN 316 BCE
THE INDO-GREEK KINGDOM
WAS A HELLENISTIC KINGDOM COVERING VARIOUS PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST REGIONS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT DURING THE LAST TWO CENTURIES BC, AND WAS RULED BY MORE THAN 30 KINGS, OFTEN IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER.
DURING THE TWO CENTURIES OF THEIR RULE, THE INDO-GREEK KINGS COMBINED THE GREEK AND INDIAN LANGUAGES AND SYMBOLS, AS SEEN ON THEIR COINS,
(THIS IS AN EXAMPLE)
AND BLENDED ANCIENT GREEK, HINDU AND BUDDHIST RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, AS SEEN IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF THEIR CITIES AND IN THE INDICATIONS OF THIEIR SUPPORT OF BUDDHISM.
THIS COIN IF FROM THIS ERA, A 2,300+ YEAR OLD HISTORICAL TREASURE.
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THIS EXTREMELY RARE ANCIENT 2.2 GRAM 20MM GREEK SILVER DRACHMA IS
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> REFERENCES FOR THIS COIN:
(1)ANCIENT COIN COLLECTING, (3RD. EDITION) BY WAYNE G. SAYLES.
EASTERN EUROPEAN AND EARLY ASIAN COINS.
INDO-GREEK
INDIA
(2) OFFICIAL WHITMAN GUIDEBOOK OF ANCIENT GREEK & ROMAN COINS BY ZANDER H. KLAWANS. PG. 190-195
(3) COLLECTING GREEK COINS BY JOHN ANTHONY PG. 50 AND 88
COINS OF ANCIENT INDIA.
CONQUESTS OF
'ALEXANDER THE GREAT'
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HISTORICAL GENERAL EUDEMUS....A MUST HAVE FOR YOUR COLECTION !!!! THIS VERY RARE COIN OF THE EASTERN ASIAN, INDO-GREEK CAMPAIGN. 2,300+ YEARS OLD! THIS COIN IS FROM THE EARLY PERIOD AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER MINTED WITH VERY FINE DETAILS AND SCRIPT. THEY WERE VERY VALUABLE SILVER COINS AND I HAVE SEEN THIS OFTEN IN OLDER ISSUES. SEE PICTURES AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. THIS IS A WONDERFUL BONUS AND ADDS TO THIS COINS VALUE AND COLLECTABILITY. COIN PICTURED IS THE ACTUAL COIN YOU WILL RECEIVE.
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