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 L@@K   GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC WITH A 100% SATISFACTION, 14 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. **FREE SHIPPING~ AND~ SHIPPED NEXT DAY** PLEASE VISIT MY STORE  and my other items!  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~NUMISMATIC CERTIFIED~ ~ CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY INCLUDED ~ ~WITH HISTORY, DETAILS AND MAPS.   COLLECTORS! A SILVER DRACHMAFROM THE CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT FOR THE GREEK EMPIRE.THIS IS A VERY RARE, LIMITED OLDER ISSUE OF THIS COIN. A HIGHLY DESIRED COLLECTABLE ISSUE.A COLLECTORS COIN. ~ PHILIP ~APPOINTED SATRAP OF INDIA BY ALEXANDER IN 327 B.C.E.FATHER OF ANTIGONUSCONISEDER TO BE THE'KING OF ASIA'  !!!~TIME LINE AND HISTORY BELOW.~AN OLDER MINTING DESIGN.VERY FINE WITH RAISED BUST AND SCRIPT.EARLY ISSUE BUST OF PHILIP. PHILIP,SON OF MACHATAS AND BROTHER OF HARPALUS, WAS AN OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF'ALEXANDER THE GREAT'HE WAS APPOINTED BY ALEXANDER IN 327 B.C.E. SATRAP OF INDIA, INCLUDING THE PROVINCES WESTWARD OF THE HYDASPES RIVER, AS FAR SOUTH AS THE JUNCTION OF THE INDUS WITH THE ACESINES RIVERS. AFTER THE CONQUEST OF THE MALLI AND OXYDRACAE, THESE TRIBES ALSO WERE ADDED TO HIS GOVERNMENT.(ARIAN, ANABSIS OF ALEXANDER VI.15.4)PHILIP WAS PUT IN CHARGE BY ALEXANDER OF BUILDING THE CITY OF 'ALEXANDRIA' ON THE INDUS RIVER.DROYSEN CONSIDERS PHILIP TO HAVE BEEN THE FATHER OF ANTIGONUS,~THE KING OF ASIA.' IT IS CERTAIN AT LEAST THAT THEY WERE BOTH OF THE RACE OF THE PRINCES OF ELIMIOTIS.AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF ALEXANDER FROM INDIA, PHILIP WAS ASSASSINATED BY A CONSPIRACY FORMED AMONG THE MERCENARY TROOPS UNDER HIS COMMAND IN 326 B.C.E.ALEXANDER NAMED EUDEMUS AND TAXILES AS RULERS OF HIS TERRITORIES IN REPLACEMENT.(ARRIAN, ANABASIS OF ALEXANDER VI.27.2) *NOTE: I WILL INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION WITH A MAP OF THIS AREA OF ALEXANDERS CONQUESTS AND THE AREA OF PHIIPS RULE WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND YOUR COIN FOR YOUR REFERENCE AND ENJOYMENT.  ATTRABUTES OF THIS COIN: **A BEAUTIFUL VERY RARE ISSUE SILVER GREEK DRACHMA, EARLY BUST OF PHILIP, FROM THE CONQUESTS OF'ALEXANDER THE GREAT'.**327+ B.C,E.2,327+ YEARS OLD! **THIS IS A VERY FINE, MUCH OLDER   ISSUE OF THIS HISTORICAL COIN.**( NOTICE OLDER MINTING STYLE OF ATHENA )**PHILIP CAN BE READ IN SCRIPT WITH AN YOUNGER DEPICTION OF PHILIP.AN OLDER ISSUE COIN. **VERY NICE CLEAR DETAILS, VERY FINE.**RAISED BUST AND SCRIPT WITH VERY SLIGHT WEAR FROM AGE. **IT HAS A UNIQUE SLIGHT OFF CENTER MINTING. A NICE BONUS FOR COLLECTORS.**ALLREADY A UNIQUE COIN,THESE FEATURES ADDS TO THIS COINS COLLECTABILITY AND VALUE.     OBV: PICTURED ON THIS INDO-GREEK COIN IS A EARLY YOUNGER BUST OF 'PHILIP'APPOINTED SATRAP OF INDIA BY ALEXANDER THE GREAT.  REV: ATHENA BRANDISHING A THUNDERBOLT IN BATTLE STANCE. OLDER STYLE.ATHENA - ALKIDEMOS( PROTECTOR OF THE PEOPLE )   MINTED AT THE THE TAXILA MINT  WITH BILINGUAL LEGEND 2.1 GRAMS AND A NICE 20MM IN DIAMETER. A NUMISMATIC CERTIFIED COA IS INCLUDED WITH MAPS OF PHILIPS AREA OF RULE WITH YOUR COIN.   ( SEE HISTORY BELOW.)   BEAUTIFUL, VERY RARE AND IN  EX FINE CONDITION! A FINE OLDER ISSUE OF THIS SILVER DRACHMA. SEE THE GREEK SCRIPT AND DESIGN   ANCIENTINDO-GREEK  SILVER DRACHMA OR GRAECO-INDIAN KINGDOM COIN   BACKGROUND: PRELIMINARY GREEK PRESENCE IN SOUTH ASIA:   1N 328 BC, ALEXANDER THE GREAT EXTENDED 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, 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. ANOTHER GENERAL ALSO RULED OVER THE GREEK COLONIES OF THE INDUS: PEITHON, SON OF AGENOR, UNTILL HIS DEPARTURE FOR BABYLON 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! Check out my STORE AND SEE MY other items!    FROM THE INDO-GREEK ERA OF THE INDO/ASIAN CAMPAIGN. (MAP INCLUDED IN PICTURES) THIS VERY OLD BEAUTIFUL SIVER DRACHM COIN HAS VERY NICE DETAILS, AN ADDED BONUS FOR COLLECTORS. ~ ~ ~  THIS EXTREMELY RARE, ANCIENT 2.1 GRAM, 20MM INDO-GREEK SILVER DRACHMA IS GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC WITH A 14 DAY SATISFACTION, MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.   ~ ~ ~REFERENCES BELOW~ ~ ~ Check out my other items!  DON'T LET THIS ONE GET AWAY ! !  ~FREE EBAY DELIVERY 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. 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A MUST HAVE FOR YOUR COLECTION !!!! THIS VERY RARE SILVER DRACHMA OF THE INDO-GREEK ERA IN INDIA. 2,300+ YEARS OLD! THIS COIN IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THEY WERE VERY VALUABLE SILVER COINS. PHILIP WAS A HISTORICAL FIGURE. RESPECTED AND VALUED BY ALEXANDER. SEE PICTURES AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. THIS IS A WONDERFUL BONUS AND ADDS TO THIS COINS COLLECTABILITY. COIN PICTURED IS THE ACTUAL COIN YOU WILL RECEIVE. NOTE: ANY SIVER COINS FROM 'ALEXANDER THE GREAT ARE AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT AND WONDERFUL ADDITION TO ANY COIN COLLECTION. Check out my other items! COLLECT ALL THE DIFFERENT RULERS, GENERALS AND VARIOUS ISSUES!

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