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English: Menander.
Obverse. - Bust, the head bound with fillet or diadem.

Reverse. - Warrior, standing to left; right hand upraised, holding a bundle of darts; left hand holding forth an embossed shield. Monogrammical characters on either side of the feet. Legend Bactrian.

This fine silver coin was purchased at Kábul. (original description by Charles Masson)
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Source Second Memoir on the Ancient Coins of Beghrám, in the Kohistán of Kábul. by Charles Masson, in: The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. V., No. 49. - January 1836, (Google-Books)
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Charles Masson  (1800–1853)  wikidata:Q1065478 s:en:Author:James Lewis (1800-1853)
 
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pseudonym: Charles Masson; James Lewis
Description British explorer and numismatist
Charles Masson was the pseudonym of James Lewis
Date of birth/death 16 February 1800 Edit this at Wikidata 5 November 1853 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Greater London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1065478

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