The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.s2.28
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c30.s2.28
- Language
- English
v1.c30.s2.28
The numismatic record of Menander is unusually full, but it is at the same time extraordinarily difficult to interpret. Few, if any, of his types can be attributed to the different cities in which they were struck. The most plausible suggestions are that the 'Ox-head' (Pl. VI, 17) may represent Bucephala, and the figure of 'Victory' (Pl. VI, 15; continued on the coins of Strato, Pl. VI, 16) Nicaea, the two cities which Alexander founded on the Jhelum in the realm of Porus².