India. Vima Takto (Soter Megas). AD 80-100. Æ Drachm (2.40g, 12h). Senior B17.1D; Donum Burns 67. Splendid glossy dark patina. Perfectly centered and struck. Choice extremely fine. From a European private collection; Millon & Associés 2008 (21 May) lot 31

Vima Takto was long known as 'the nameless king', since his coins only showed the inscription 'The King of Kings, Great Saviour'. The obverse, according to Hans Holzer, could depict the radiate bust of Christ, identified by the inscription; this interpretation being reinforced by the fact that the reverse rider - whom Hans Holzer thinks might be Caspar... one of the Three Kings of Christ's Nativity - is holding up a cross. The Soter Megas coinage would thus be a numismatic memory of St. Thomas's spreading of the gospel in India.