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| Department | G
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| Object Type | C
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| Material | AR
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| Manufacture | ST
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| Weight | 9.53
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| Measurements | 26
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| Axis | 11
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| Denomination | tetradrachm
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| Start Date | -160
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| End Date | -145
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| Negative | DR
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| Reference | Mitch.217a|Mitchiner ACW 1774||||||||||||||||||
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| Published | SNG.849
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| Info | Bilingual. Although Mitchiner regards this monogram, R-A, as the same as R-K, and therefore attributes the issue to Panjhir, the bilingual inscription suggests a mint much further south and east.
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| Ex. | Persic 6/2/88
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| Region | Bactria
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| Person | Menander|||||||||||||||||||
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| Mint | Panjhir
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| Series | Panjhir mine
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| Obverse Type | diademed bust of Menander r., wearing crested helmet
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| Reverse Type | Athena l., aegis in l. hand, hurling thunderbolt with r. hand
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| Symbol | monogram
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