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   Check out my other items! AND PLEASE VISIT MY NEW Be sure to add me to your favorites list!~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  -  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~    GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC100% SATISFACTION14 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. COMES WITH NUMISMATIC CERTIFIED~ CERTIFICATION OF AUTHENTICITYDETAILS, HISTORY AND MAPS ~   COLLECTORS!THE FAMOUS HISTORICALGENERAL EUDEMUSOF ALEXANDER THE GREATS ARMY.HE WAS TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL OVERLORDS OF THE INDO-GREEK EMPIREESTABLISHED BY ALEXANDER.HISTORY BELOW. A BEAUTIFUL COIN WITH VERY FINE DETAILS. A GREEK ISSUE SILVER DRACHMA2,300+ YEARS OLD FROM THE CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT ! !300+ B.C.E.THE ERA OF ALEXANDERS SOUTHEASTERN ASIA INDO-GREEKCAMPAIGN.  SHOWN IS THE BUST OF THE FAMOUS GENERAL EUDEMUS! THIS IS A VERY RARE AND AN OLDER ISSUE OF THIS EXTREMEY RARE  INDO-GREEK 2.3 GRAM 20MM SILVER COIN.A SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER MINTED COIN,  NOTE THAT THE WEAR IS ONLY ON THE FRONT AND NOT THE REV. THIS MAY BE A MINTING ERROR.  A UNIQUE ISSUE!A NICE BONUS FOR COLLECTORS.IT HAS VERY FINE DETAILS AND A RAISED BUST AND DETAILED SCRIPT. THE HISTORY BELOW, DETAILS AND A MAP OF THE REGION AS SEEN IN PICTURES ARE INCLUDED WITH THIS COIN AND COA. GENERAL EUDEMUS: EUDEMUS WAS ONE OF 'ALEXANDER THE GREAT'S'GENERALS, WHO WAS APPOINTED BY ALEXANDER TO COMMAND THE TROOPS OF THE LEFT IN INDIA, AFTER THE MURDER OF THE ALEXANDER-APPOINTED SATRAP (RULER) PHILLIP(SON OF MACHATAS) BY HIS OWN MERCENARY TROOPS IN 326 BCE. ALEXANDER DISPACHED LETTERS TO INDIA TO EUDEMUS AND TAXILAS TELLING THEM TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE DISTRICT FORMERLY UNDER PHILIP, UNTIL HE HIMSELF SENT A SATRAP TO GOVERN IT.(ARRIAN, ANABASIS OF ALEXANDER, VI.27.2)AFTER ALEXANDER'S DEATH IN 323 BCE HE MADE HIMSELF MASTER OF THE TERRITORIES OF THE INDIAN KING PORUS, AND TREACHEROUSLY PUT THAT MONARCH TO DEATH. HE BY THIS MEANS BECAME VERY POWERFUL.THIS IS ONE OF THE SILVER COINS MINTED BY EUDEMUS. OBV: BUST RT. BILINGUAL SCRIPT. EUDEMUS CAN BE SEEN.REV: ATHENA WITH SHIELD IN BATTLE STANCE BRANDISHING A THUNDERBOLT. GREEK AND BILINGUAL SCRIPT.DATE: 2,300+ BCE NOTE: OLDER MINTING STYLE CAN BE SEEN IN DEPICTION OF ATHENA.>THIS INFORMATION AND MORE HISTORY ABOUT GENERAL EUDEMUS WILL BE INCLUDED WITH A MAP OF THIS AREA AND A COA WITH YOUR COIN FOR YOUR REFERENCE AND ENJOYMENT. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL, UNIQUE, DETAILED COLLECTORS COIN!  ~ ~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.MAKING THIS COIN 2,300+ YEARS OLD......SEE HISTORY.....*FROM THE CONQUESTS OF'ALEXANDER THE GREAT'FOR THE GREEK EMPIREA SHORT TIME BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 323 B.C.E. NOTICE LAYOUT AND CLEAR BILINGUAL GREEK SCRIPT.*A VERY FINE, IDENTIFIED HISTORICAL SIVER COIN~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~ ~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 INCLUDES A NUMISMATIC CERTIFIED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY   FROM THE CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN THE INDO/ASIAN SUPCONTINENT.   OBV: PICTURED ON THIS COIN, POWERFUL GREEK GENERAL EUDEMUS. THEN OVERLORD OF THE GREEK SATRAPIES OF THE AREA.   REV: OLDER EXAMPLE, OFF CENTER MINTING AS SEEN IN THE DEPICTION OF ATHENA WITH SHIELD 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!   ANCIENT  SILVER  INDO-GREEK OR GRAECO-INDIAN KINGDOM COIN 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. GENERAL EUDEMUS IS PICTURED ON THIS COIN. FROM THE TAXILA MINT.    A BEAUTIFUL COIN! SEE PICTURES! Check out my other items!    NOTE: THE VERY FINE DETAILS GIVES THIS VERY ANCIENT COIN A NICE COLLECTABLE BONUS!    FROM THE INDO-GREEK ERA. THIS VERY OLD BEAUTIFUL DRACHMA SILVER COIN IS OFF CENTER MINTED, HAS VERY NICE DETAILS, AN ADDED BONUS FOR COLLECTORS. ~ ~ THIS EXTREMELY RARE ANCIENT 2.3 GRAM 20MM GREEK SILVER COIN IS   GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC WITH A 100% SATISFACTION, 14 DAY, MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.   ~ ~ ~REFERENCES BELOW~ ~ ~  Please visit my   and Check out my other items!  DON'T LET THIS ONE GET AWAY ! !  ~FREE EBAY SHIPPING WITH TRACKING NUMBERAND~ 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. 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A MUST HAVE FOR YOUR COLECTION !!!! THIS VERY RARE DRACHMA SILVER COIN 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. 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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