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In my edit, I have removed some of the speculations about Buddhism. Antimachus I ruled in Afghanistan, not India, and is dated before the Indian ruler [[Menander I]], who became a Buddhist only several decades later. The possibly Buddhist symbol on Antimachus' coin is an elephant - and elephants were ubiqitous on this type of coinage. The elephant is not placed in the king's place, even though it appeared in a bead-and-reel (which is a design of the coins that appear rather haphazardly) as kings were almost never portrayed on Bactrian bronzes. Antimachus I had Poseidon as his patron deity, on his silver coinage: the appearance of an elephant on his petty coins is not proof that he was a Buddhist. Such speculations are absent from modern works. |
In my edit, I have removed some of the speculations about Buddhism. Antimachus I ruled in Afghanistan, not India, and is dated before the Indian ruler [[Menander I]], who became a Buddhist only several decades later. The possibly Buddhist symbol on Antimachus' coin is an elephant - and elephants were ubiqitous on this type of coinage. The elephant is not placed in the king's place, even though it appeared in a bead-and-reel (which is a design of the coins that appear rather haphazardly) as kings were almost never portrayed on Bactrian bronzes. Antimachus I had Poseidon as his patron deity, on his silver coinage: the appearance of an elephant on his petty coins is not proof that he was a Buddhist. Such speculations are absent from modern works. |
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In my edit, I have removed some of the speculations about Buddhism. Antimachus I ruled in Afghanistan, not India, and is dated before the Indian ruler Menander I, who became a Buddhist only several decades later. The possibly Buddhist symbol on Antimachus' coin is an elephant - and elephants were ubiqitous on this type of coinage. The elephant is not placed in the king's place, even though it appeared in a bead-and-reel (which is a design of the coins that appear rather haphazardly) as kings were almost never portrayed on Bactrian bronzes. Antimachus I had Poseidon as his patron deity, on his silver coinage: the appearance of an elephant on his petty coins is not proof that he was a Buddhist. Such speculations are absent from modern works.
Apart from that, I have standardised the description of his coinage. Kindly, Sponsianus (talk) 13:45, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
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