BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (36mm, 16.08 g, 12h). VF.Electronic Auction 539 Oriental Greek, Silver Sold For $ 700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Eukratides I Megas. Circa 170-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (36mm, 16.08 g, 12h). Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing crested helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear; all within bead-and-reel border / The Dioskouroi, holding palm fronds and spears, on horses rearing right; monogram to lower right. Bopearachchi 6X; SNG ANS 472; HGC 12, 131. Traces of deposits, laminations on obverse, slightly double struck, small flan crack, struck on a broad flan. VF. Possibly overstruck on an uncertain undertype. |