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English: Coin of en:Menander II, "Dikaiou".

"Coins of the Indo-Greeks", Whitehead, 1914 edition. Public Domain.

Obv: Menander wearing a diadem. Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ (King Menander the Just).

Rev: Winged figure bearing en:diadem and palm, with halo, probably Nike. The en:Kharoshthi legend reads MAHARAJASA DHARMIKASA MENADRASA (Great King, Menander, follower of the en:Dharma, Menander).
Ελληνικά: Νόμισμα του Μενάνδρου Δικαίου

Πλευρά 1: Ο Μένανδρος φορώντας διάδημα. Επιγραφή: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Πλευρά 2: Φτερωτή φιγούρα με διάδημα και φοίνικα, με φωτοστέφανο, πιθανώς η Νίκη. Επιγραφή στη γλώσσα Καρόστι: MAHARAJASA DHARMIKASA MENADRASA (ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΟΥ/ΥΠΟΣΤΗΡΙΚΤΗ ΤΟΥ ΝΤΑΡΜΑ, ΜΕΝΑΝΔΡΟΥ)
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