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Eukratides, the Great'. The reverse has the figures of the Dioskuroi ( the Greek twin-gods Kastor and Pollux) standing, each holding a long spear and wearing a sword. There is a monogram beside the figures and a Kharosthi inscription all around: Rājasa Mahātaka Eukratidasa, conveying the same sense as the Greek legend. (BMC, p. xxx, 9; I.M.C., Pl. II, 9) .
The coins of Menander are discovered in Saurāșțra and South Gujarat, from near Junagadh and Broach ( Bom. Gaz., I, pt. i : p. I). His coins were current in Bharukaccha even upto the third century A.D. (McCrindle, Periplus, p. 121). The silver coins of Menander found in Gujarat are the round drachmae, similar to those of Apollodotus. They have on the obverse a helmeted bust of the king and round it the Greek legend (Basileos Soteros Menandro ), which means Of king Menander, the Saviour.' On the reverse is the figure of Pallas Athene (the Greek goddess of prosperity, strength and wisdom ) hurling thunderbolt, surrounded by the corresponding Kharoşthi legend, Mahārājasa Tratarasa Menandrasa, and a monogram. (PMC, VI, 379; BG, Vol. I, pt. I, p. 18)-(Plate XII)
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