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COLLECTORS!BUST OF GENERAL COENUS SILVER DRACHMA ~THIS IS A COLLECTORS ISSUE ~A VERY FINE, DETAIED COIN.300+ B.C.E.
A BEAUTIFUL ' VERY RARE' OLDER ISSUE GREEK DRACHMA SILVER COIN.UNIQUE OFF CENTER MINTED WITH A SLIGHT OVAL SHAPEVERY FINE WITH RAISED BUST AND SCRIPT.A BONUS FOR COLLECTORS.DATE: 300+ BCE BUST OF GENERAL COENUS ALEXANDR THE GREATSMOST RESPECTED AND FAVORED GENERAL.A 2.3 GRAM20MMHISTORICAL SILVER COIN.
SOME HISTORY;COENUS, a son of Polemocrates and son-in-law of Parmenion, was one of the ablest and most faithful generals of Alexander the great in his eastern expedition. In the autumn of 334 BC, when Alexander was in Caira, and sent those of his soldiers who had recently been married, to Macedonia, to spend the ensuing winter with their wives there, Coenus was one of the commanders who led them back to Europe. In the spring of the year following (333 BC), Coenus returned with the Macedonians, and joined Alexander at Gordium. He commanded a portion of Alexander's army, and distinguished himself on various occansions. In all of Alexander's major battles, Coenus commanded the right-most battalion of infantry in the massive Macedonian phalanx. In the Macedonian battle tradition, the farther right you were in formation, the more honorable of a position you held, His distinction as commander of the "best" infantry of the phalanx indicates he was tactically reliabel, probably extremely intelligent in warfare, and brave in battle; he was probably the epitome of the highly respected "lead-by-example" Macedonian general. When Alexander had arrived at the river Hyphasis, and was anxious to push his conquests still further, Coenus was the first who had the boldness to urge the necessity of returning, and the king was obliged to follow his advice. But a short time afterwards, when the Macedonian army had actually commenced its return, Coenus died of an illness (326 BC), and was honored by the king with a splendid burial and minting of a silver coin in his honor. Alexander lamented his death, but is reported to have said, that Coenus had urged the necessity of returning so strongly, as if he alone had been destined to see his native country again.REFERENCES:SMITH, WILLIAM (EDITOR) DICTONARY OF GREEK AND ROMAN BIOGRAPHY AND MYTHOLOGY, "COENUS" ARRIAN, ANABASIS ALEXANDRI, i 6 arrian book 1A.ASP, 24, 29ALEXANDER/ARRIAN/BOOK 4b, 16, 17, 21, 27CURTIUS RUFUS, HISTORIAE ALEXANDER MAGNI, iii 9 THIS INFORMATION WILL BE INCLUDED WITH YOUR CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND COIN FOR YOUR REFERENCE AND ENJOYMENT.
FROM THE
CONQUESTS OF
'ALEXANDER THE GREAT'SOUTHEASTERN INDO-GREEK CAMPAIGN
THIS IS A VERY FINE, RARE
ISSUE OF THIS HISTORICAL COIN.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ATTRIBUTES OF THIS COIN;
*VERY RARE LIMITED ISSUE OF THIS COINMINTED BY ALEXANDERS AUTHORITY.*CLEAR, CLEAN, RAISED BUST AND SCRIPT.*FINE CLEAR DETAILS.* OFF CENTER MINTED WITH SLIGHT OVAL SHAPE.*COENUS CAN BE SEEN IN SCRIPT.
EXTREMEY RARE INDO-GREEK SILVER DRACHMA WITH THE BUST OF THE FAMOUS GREEK GENERAL, COENUS.
BEAUTIFUL DETAILS.
A++ INVESTMENT GREEK SILVER COIN!
OBV: PICTURED ON THIS
INDO-GREEK COIN
IS THE FAMOUS
GREEK GENERAL, COENUS.
MOST RESPECTED AND FAVORED GENERAL OF ALEXANDERS VAST ARMY.
(SEE MAP)
REV: ATHENA WITH SHIELD AND BRANDISHING A THUNDERBOLT IN BATTLE STANCE.
ATHENA-ALKIDEMOS
( PROTECTOR OF THE PEOPLE )
MINTED AT THE THE TAXILA MINT
WITH BILINGUAL LEGEND
( SEE MORE HISTORY BELOW.)
BEAUTIFUL, VERY RARE AND IN
EX FINE CONDITION!
A FINE DETAILED, OFF CENTER MINTED ISSUE OF THIS RARE COIN.
SEE THE GREEK SCRIPT AND DESIGN.
ANCIENT
SILVER
INDO-GREEK
OR GRAECO-INDIAN KINGDOM DRACHMA
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 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, WHO WERE CONFIRMED AGAIN AT THE TREATY OF TRIPARADISUS IN 321 BC, AND THE REMAINING GREEK TROOPS IN THE SATRAPIES WERE LEFT UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL EUDEMUS. AFTER 321 EUDEMUS TOPPLED TAXILES, 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 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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FROM THE INDO-GREEK ERA OF THE INDO/ASAIN CAMPAIGN
(MAP INCLUDED IN PICTURES)
THIS VERY OLD BEAUTIFUL COIN OF GENERAL COENUS HAS VERY FINE DETAILS, IS SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER MINTED, ALL AN ADDED BONUS FOR COLLECTORS.
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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 228- 236PICTURE PG. 234 # 403
COINS OF ANCIENT INDIA.
CONQUESTS OF
'ALEXANDER THE GREAT'
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RARE BUST OF GENERAL COENUS. ALEXANDERS MOST FAVORED AND RESPECTED GENERAL. A MUST HAVE FOR YOUR COLECTION !!!! THIS IS A VERY RARE SILVER DRACHMA OF THE INDO-GREEK ERA IN INDIA. 2,300+ YEARS OLD! THIS COIN IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. VERY FINE, RARE AND UNIQUE. SEE PICTURES AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. OFF CENTER MINTED AND SLIGHTLY OVAL SHAPED. 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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