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  GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC .COMES WITH A NUMISMATIC CERTIFIED~ CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY ~DETAILS, HISTORY AND MAPSAND A100% SATISFACTION, 14 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE FREE SHIPPING ..............  SHIPPED NEXT DAY  please visit my new store  and Check out my other items! Be sure to add me to your favorites list! NOTE: COA IN PICTURES IS AN EXAMPLE.YOUR COA WILL MATCH YOUR COIN ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  -  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~   COLLECTORS:A BEAUTIFUL, RARE GREEK ISSUE SILVER DRACHMA FROM THE CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT ! !2,300+ YEARS OLD ~ 300+ B.C.E.  SHOWN IS THE BUST OF THE FAMOUS, HISTORICAL GENERAL EUDEMUS! THIS IS A VERY RARE AND AN OLDER ISSUE OF THIS EXTREMEY RARE  INDO-GREEK (A HEAVY) 2.3 GRAM & 20MM SILVER DRACHMA.HISTORY, DETAILS AND MAPS OF THIS AREA OF ALEXANDERS CAMPAIGN AND AREA OF THE ORIGION OF THIS COIN ARE INCLUDED WITH THIS COIN AND COA.HISTORY: GENERAL EUDEMUS WAS ONE OF'ALEXANDER THE GREATS' GENERALS, 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 METCENARY TROOPS IN 326 BCE.ALEXANDER DISPATCHED LETTERS TO INDIA TO EUDEMUS AND TAXILAS TELLING THEM TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE DISTRICT FORMERLY UNDER PHILIP, UNTILL HE HIMSELF SENT A SATRAP TO GOVERN IT. (ARRIAN, ANABASIS OF ALEXANDER, VI.27.2)AFTER ALEXANDERS DEATH IN 323 BCE HE MADE HIMSELF MASTER OF THE TERRITORIES OF THE INDUS KING PORUS, AND TREACHEROUSLY PUT THAT MONARCH TO DEATH. EUDEMUS BY THESE MEANS BECAME VERY POWERFUL.THIS IS ONE OF THE EARLY SILVER COINS MINTED BY EUDEMUS.EUDEMUS DIED IN 316 BCE BY THE ORDER OF ANTIGONUS AFTER MUCH WAR AND CONFLICT.'DIODORUS SICULUS  XIX-14'**~THIS INFORMATION AND MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE CONFLICTS OF THIS TIME AND A MAP OF THIS AREA AND THE AREA RULED BY EUDEMUS WILL BE INCLUDED WITH YOUR CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND COIN FOR YOUR RECORDS AND ENJOYMENT. ~ ~ ~ATTRIBUTES OF THIS COIN:*VERY FINE CLEAR DETAILS.*EUDEMUS CAN BE SEEN IN THE SCRIPT.*RAISED BUST, SCRIPT AND DETAILS.*UNIQUE OFF CENTER MINTING AND STYLE AS SEEN IN OLDER ISSUES WITH THIS DEPICTION OF ATHENA.*DATED 300+ B.C.E.*FROM THE CONQUESTS OF'ALEXANDER THE GREAT'FOR THE GREEK EMPIREA SHORT TIME BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 323 BCE. *NOTICE LAYOUT AND BILINGUAL GREEK SCRIPT.*THERE IS VERY SLIGHT WEAR FOR SUCH AN ANCIENT COIN AND ORIGIONAL SILVER TARNISH..~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~ ~EXCELLENT CLEAR DETAILS, A COLLECTORS BONUS.   A++ GREEK INVESTMENT COIN! A HISTORICAL COLECTABLE FROM THE CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC WITH A 100% SATISFACTION 14 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE   OBV: PICTURED ON THIS COIN, POWERFUL GREEK GENERAL EUDEMUS. HE THEN BECAME OVERLOARD OF A VAST AREA OF THE NEW INDO-GREEK KINGDOM.   REV: OLDER EXAMPLE, OFF CENTER MINTING AS SEEN IN THE DEPICTION OF 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. )   BEAUTIFUL, VERY RARE AND IN  EX  FINE CONDITION!ONLY SLIGHT WEAR AND SILVER TARNISH.   ANCIENT  SILVER  INDO-GREEK OR GRAECO-INDIAN KINGDOM COIN BACKGROUND: PRELIMINARY GREEK PRESENCE IN SOUTH ASIA:   1N 328 BC, 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 IN 316 BC. ANOTHER GENERAL ALSO RULED OVER THE GREEK COLONIES OF THE INDUS: PEITHON, SON OF AGENOR, UNTILL HIS DEPARTURE FOR BABYLON  ALSO 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. GENERAL EUDEMUS IS PICTURED ON THIS COIN. FROM THE TAXILA MINT.    A BEAUTIFUL COIN! SEE PICTURES! Check out my store  and my other items! Be sure to add me to your favorites list!    NOTE: THE VERY FINE DETAILS WITH ONLY SLIGHT WEAR AND SOME SILVER TARNISH GIVES THIS VERY ANCIENT COIN A NICE COLLECTABLE BONUS!    FROM THE INDO-GREEK ERA. THIS VERY OLD BEAUTIFUL COIN IS OFF CENTER MINTED, HAS VERY NICE DETAILS, AN ADDED BONUS FOR COLLECTORS. ~ ~ THIS EXTREMELY RARE ANCIENT 2.3 GRAM 20MM GREEK SILVER DRACHMA IS   GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC WITH A 100% SATISFACTION, 14 DAY, MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.   ~ ~ ~REFERENCES BELOW~ ~ ~ Check out my other items! Be sure to add me to your favorites list!  DON'T LET THIS ONE GET AWAY ! !  ~FREE EBAY DELIVERY CONFIRMATION WITH TRACKING NUMBER SHIPPING~ SHIPPED 'NEXT DAY'    > 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'   please click on 'sellers other items' many more hard to find rare coins!Or click on the blue or red of Check out my  and other items Be sure to add me to your favorites list!   DETAILS

A MUST HAVE FOR YOUR COLECTION !!!! THIS VERY RARE SILVER DRACHMA OF THE INDO-GREEK ERA IN INDIA IS 2,300+ YEARS OLD! THIS COIN IS FROM THE EARLY PERIOD AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND OFF CENTER MINTED. THEY WERE VERY VALUABLE SILVER COINS AND I HAVE SEEN THIS OFTEN IN OLDER ISSUES OF THIS COIN. SEE PICTURES AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. THIS IS A WONDERFUL BONUS AND ADDS TO THIS COINS COLLECTABILITY AND VALUE. COIN PICTURED IS THE ACTUAL COIN YOU WILL RECEIVE. 

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