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# THIS IS A COLLECTORS COIN. # THIS SILVER DRACHMA HAS A BEAUTIFUL DARK PATINA AND EXTREMELY FINE DETAIL.I HAD FOUND TWO IN WHAT WAS LEFT OF WHAT LOOKED TO BE LEFT OF A LEATHER POUCH BURIED IN A FIELD. DROPPED BY A FALLEN SOLDIER? A UNIQUE FIND!BOTH ARE LISTED. * (ONE HAS SOLD)I LEFT IT AS FOUND. PEITHON:APPOINTED BY ALEXANDERVICEROY OF THE INDUS IN 325 B.C.E..HISTORY: PEITHON, SON OF AGENOR WAS AN OFFICER IN THE EXPEDITION OF 'ALEXANDER THE GREAT' TO INDIA, WHO BECAME SATRAP OF THE INDUS FROM 325-316 BCE, AND SATRAP OF BABYLON, FROM 316-312 BCE, UNTILL HE DIED AT THE BATTLE OF GAZA IN 312 BCE.PEITHON WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN HIS INDIAN CAMPAIGNS, FIRST MENTIONED AS THE COMMANDER OF A PHALANX BATTALION IN JANUARY 325 IN THE MALLIAN CAMPAIGN (INDIAN MALAVA) IN THE SOUTHERN PUNJAB.~SATRAP OF THE INDUS 325-316 BCE~AFTER THESE DEEDS, ALEXANDER NAMED HIM VICEROY OF THE INDUS AREA, AROUND 325 BCE, TO THE EAST OF THE TERRITORY HELD IN THE PAROPAMISADAE BY THE SATRAP OXYARTES AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE TERRITORIES WHERE PHILIP, SON OF MACHATAS WAS SATRAP.ALEXANDER APPOINTED PEITHON VICEROY OF THE LAND EXTENDING FROM THE CONFLUENCE OF THE INDUS AND ACESINES AS FAR AS THE SEA, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE COAST-LAND OF INDIA.ARRIAN ANABASIS BOOK 6b.weight: 2.3 gramsdiameter: 20mmcomposition: silverage: 325-316 B.C.E.(I WILL INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION, MAP AND A COA WITH COIN FOR YOUR REFERENCE AND ENJOYMENT.)ATTRIBUTES FOR THIS COIN:
*A VERY RARE SILVER DRACHMA FROM THE CONQUESTS OFALEXANDER THE GREAT. THESOUTHEASTERN ASIA, INDO-GREEK CAMPAIGN*DATE, 325+ B.C.E.*THIS IS A VERY FINE, UNIQUE
ISSUE OF THIS HISTORICAL SILVER COIN.*PEITHON CAN BE READ IN THE SCRIPTIN BILINGUAL LEGEND.
*VERY NICE RAISED BUST AND SCRIPT. *CLEAR DETAILS, VERY FINE.
*IT IS OFF CENTER MINTED BUT HAS CELAR, FINE DETAILS.*AN OLDER ISSUE AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE DEPICTION AND STYLE OF ATHENA.*THIS COIN HAS A BEAUTIFUL DARK PATINA FROM BEING BURIED.*THIS ADDS TO THIS COINS COLLECTABILITY AND VALUE.
EXTREMEY RARE INDO-GREEK SILVER DRACHMA COIN.
A++ INVESTMENT COIN!
FROM THE GREEK
CONQUESTS OF
ALEXANDER THE GREAT(SEE MAPS IN PICTURES)
OBV: PICTURED ON THIS
INDO-GREEK COIN
IS PEITHON, SON OF AGENORA VALUED ALLY TO ALEXANDER.OVERLORD
OF THE GREEK EMPIRE HELD COLONIES AT THAT TIME ANDAPPOINTED VICEROY OF THE INDUS BY ALEXANDER IN 323 B.C.E.
REV: ATHENA WITH SHIELD AND BRANDISHING A THUNDERBOLT IN BATTLE STANCE.
MINTED AT THE THE TAXILA MINT
WITH BILINGUAL LEGEND.NUMISMATIC CERTIFIEDCERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY INCLUDED WITH HISTORY OF PEITHON AND MAP OF THE ORIGION OF THIS COIN AND LOCATION OF ALEXANDERS CAMPAIGN AT THIS TIME.
( SEE HISTORY BELOW.)
ANCIENT
SILVER
INDO-GREEK DRACHMA
OR GRAECO-INDIAN KINGDOM COIN
BACKGROUND:
PRELIMINARY GREEK PRESENCE IN SOUTH ASIA:
1N 328 BC, ALEXANDER THE GREAT CONTINUED HIS CAMPAIGH EASTWARD AND CONQUERED THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT AS FAR AS THE HYPASIS RIVER, AND ESTABLISHED SATRAPIES AND FOUNDED SEVERAL SETTLEMANTS, 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, THEY WERE LATER CONFIRMED AGAIN AT THE TREATY OF TRIPARADISUS. THE REMAINING GREEK TROOPS IN THE SATRAPIES WERE LEFT UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL EUDEMUS. EUDEMUS TOPPLED TAXILES AND RULED UNTILL HE LEFT FOR INDIA IN 316 BC. ANOTHER GENERAL ALSO RULED OVER THE GREEK COLONIES OF THE INDUS: PEITHON, SON OF AGENOR, UNTILL HIS DEPARTURE FOR BABYLON LATER THAT YEAR ALSO IN 316 BC.
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.
FROM THE TAXILA MINT.
A BEAUTIFUL COIN!
SEE PICTURES!
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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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A MUST HAVE FOR YOUR COLECTION !!!! THIS IS A VERY RARE SILVER COIN OF THE INDO-GREEK ERA FROM THE CONQUESTS OF 'ALEXANDER THE GREAT' FOR THE GREEK EMPIRE. 2,300+ YEARS OLD! THIS SILVER DRACHMA COIN IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THEY WERE VERY VALUABLE SILVER COINS AND THIS IS A RARE OLDER ISSUE. SEE PICTURES AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. THE OFF CENTER MINTING, RARE ISSUE OF PITHON AND FINE DETAILS ARE A WONDERFUL BONUS AND ADDS TO THIS COINS COLLECTABILITY AND VALUE. COIN PICTURED IS THE ACTUAL COIN YOU WILL RECEIVE.
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