LYDIA UNDER PERSIAN RULE
(Reference: Sellwood - An Introduction to Sasanian Coins by D. Sellwood; R. Whitting & R. Williams and Mitchiner - Ancient and Classical World.)
While most books on ancient coins include the Persians under the heading of Greek, I believe you would have met a very unfortunate end if you ever stood before a Persian King and called him a Greek. The Persians were one of the most important enemies of the Greeks. While the issues of this series are sometimes referred to as Lydian, only the earliest issues are Lydia proper, with later issues probably struck for the expanding Persian Empire.
BACTRIA (or Indo-Greek)
Alexander the Great's invasion of India established Hellenistic culture in the region. For some time following Alexander's death, his Indian territories remained under Greek control as the Baktro-Sogdiana province of the Seleucid Empire, but in about 256 BC Diodotos declared his independence as the first King of Bactria.
After 256 BC the Bactrian Kingdom was quite powerful with a strong Hellenistic influence, even extending its borders into other neighboring Indian Kingdoms. In 130 BC much Bactrian power and territory were lost to invading Scythians and over the next 100 years Bactrian power waned, as the Hellenistic culture was gradually absorbed back into the local Indian cultures.
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