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Baktrian Kingdom, Diodotos I, ca. 255/250-240 BC, AR Tetradrachm Diademed head of Diodotos I right.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY Zeus advancing left hurling thunderbolt, eagle at feet, ΙΔΤ (Iota, Delta, Sampi) monogram in inner left field.
Holt A6.4 (this coin); Kritt A6 (plate 2 A6 this coin); CSE 1294 (this coin); SNG Lockett 3109 (this coin ID: SNGuk_0300_3109); Pozzi 2945 (this coin); ESM 717α (this coin); SNG ANS 77; SC 631.a; Bopearachchi 2E; Mitchiner 64d; Qunduz 6; HGC 9, 243.
Mint "A" - Ai Khanoum
(26 mm, 15.73 g, 6h).
Herakles Numismatics; ex- Houghton Collection (CSE 1294); ex- Lockett Collection (SNGLockett 3109); ex- Pozzi Collection: Naville Sale I (1921) 2945 (sold for CHF 35).
This coin has a very distinguished provenance and has been published as plate coin in four reference works.
The emission with the ΙΔΤ (Iota, Delta Sampi) mint control mark is the most abundant of the Diodotid issues, representing about 13% of known Diodotid precious metal coins. The same control carries over into the early coinage of Euthydemos, although eventually displaced by the PK control monogram after 208/6 BC when Antiochos III captured Ai Khanoum while Euthydemos remained besieged at Baktra, after which it appears that Baktra/Balkh assumed the role of primary royal mint in Baktria. In is notable that the Archaic Greek letter Sampi forms the bottom of the ΙΔΤ monogram. It is an Archaic Greek form of a double Sigma that persisted in Greek dialects of Asia Minor. Many Greek settlers from Asia Minor migrated to Baktria, including the illustrious ruler Euthydemos from Magnesia in either Lydia, or Ionia. The archaic Greek Sampi possibly traveled to Baktria with the earliest Greek settlers from Asia Minor.
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34. Baktria: Euthydemos II.Tetradrachm, ca 190-170 BC.
Obverse: Diademed bust of Euthydemos II.
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ / Herakles standing, holding wreath, club, and lion's skin. PK monogram at left.
16.90 gm., 30 cm.
Sear #7536; Bepearachchi Serie 1C. Callimachus
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BAKTRIA – EUTHYDEMOS I – AE – HERAKLES – HORSEBAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I Theos Megas. Circa 225-200/195 BC. Æ Double Unit (9,07g). Struck circa 225-208/6 BC. Bearded head of Herakles right / Horse prancing right.; HGC 12, 53.Antonivs Protti
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Baktria, Agathokles. Herakles Seated on Rock Tetradrachm.Agathokles. 185-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.74 gm, 31.1mm, 12h) of Pushkalavati mint. Pedigree coinage in the name of Euthydemos I. Diademed head right. ΕΥΘΥΔΕΜΟΥ-ΘΕΟΥ. / Herakles seated left on rock covered with lionskin, club resting on support next to knee, monogram ⩚ inside O to inner right. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ. VF.
Ponterio 132 #2251. OCV-663; Bopearachchi Série 16B; HGC 12 #87; MIG 1 Type 145; SNG ANS 9 #261. Anaximander
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Baktria, Euthydemos I or II. Herakles Seated on Rock.Euthydemos I or II. 225-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.43 gm, 29.1mm, 12h) Mint A (near Aï Khanoum). Struck c. 210/08-206 BC. Diademed head of middle-aged Euthydemos I right. / Herakles seated left on rock, resting club on pile of stones. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΕΜΟΥ. Monogram ⍋over ∵ to right. gVF. SNG ANS 9 #124-127; BMC 2-3; Bopearachchi Série 5B #9-12; HGC 12 #40; MIG 1 Type 85c; Sear Greek 7515. cf. CNG Web Store 838459 (same dies).Anaximander
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Baktria, Euthydemos I. Herakles Seated on Rock Tetradrachm.Euthydemos I Theos Megas. 225-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.57 gm, 28.7mm, 12h) of Baktra, 215-210. Diademed and idealized head of Euthydemos I right. / Herakles, seated left on rock draped with lionskin, club resting on support before knee. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΕΜΟΥ. ᴘꓗ mgm to right. gVF. Ponterio CICF 2004 #1388. Bopearachchi Série 9A #13-14; HGC 12 #42; Kritt B14; MIG Type 94a; Sear Greek 7515; SNG ANS 9 #136; SNG Cop 7 (Parthia-India) #254-255. Cf. CNG 61 #950 (same dies).Anaximander
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Baktria, Euthydemos I. Herakles Seated on Rock.Euthydemos I Theos Megas. 225-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.25 gm, 27.7mm, 12h) of Baktra, 206-200 BC. Diademed and elderly head of Euthydemos I right. / Herakles seated left on rock draped with lionskin, resting club on thigh. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΕΜΟΥ. ᴾꓗ monogram to right. VF. Bopearachchi Série 12A #16; HGC 12 #43; Kritt B17. MIG 1 Type 94a; Sear Greek 7516; SNG ANS 9 #141-142; SNG Cop 7 #254-255. cf. Roma Num. E-Sale 86 #665 (same dies).Anaximander
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Baktria, Euthydemos I. Herakles Seated on Rock.Euthydemos I Theos Megas. 225-200 BC. AR Drachm (3.44 gm, 16.5mm, 7h). Diademed head of Euthydemos I right / Heracles seated left on rock, resting club on pile of stones. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΕΜΟΥ. VF. Contemporary Sogdian imitation? Bt. Guy Clark, Charlotte, 2011. Bopearachchi Série 7A; HGC 12 #46; Kritt A3; MIG 1 Type 90, #1613; SNG ANS 9 #133. Cf. Heberden Coin Room HCR45139 for similar type. Anaximander
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Baktria, Euthydemos II Dikaios. Apollo & Tripod Nickel Double Unit.Euthydemos II. 185-180 BC. NI Double Unit (8.10 gm, 24.7mm, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right. / Tripod. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΕΜΟΥ. Monogram ᴧ inside O to inner left. gVF. Bt. Stack's Bowers. From the Syracuse Collection of Ancient Coins; ex H.Berk 126 (April 2002) #121. Bopearachchi Série 6B #10-11; CG #921; HGC 12 #77; MIG 1 Type 118a; SNG ANS 9 #224. Anaximander
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Baktria, Euthydemos II Dikaios. Apollo & Tripod Nickel Double Unit.Euthydemos II. 185-180 BC. NI Double Unit (7.74 gm, 21.4mm, 12h). Laureate head of Apollo right. / Tripod. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΕΜΟΥ. ᴾꓗ monogram to inner left. VF. Bt. Najaf Coins, 2002. Bopearachchi Série 6A; HGC 12 #77; MIG Type 118b; Sear Greek 7540; SNG ANS 9 #223. Anaximander
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Baktria, Euthydemos II. Laureate Standing Herakles Drachm.Euthydemos II. 185-180 BC. AR Drachm (4.27 gm, 20.0mm, 12h) Diademed and draped bust of Euthydemos II r. / Laureate Herakles stdg. facing, holding wreath, club & lionskin. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΕΜΟΥ. Monogram ⩚ inside 🝊 to inner l. aVF. Bopearachchi Série 2C #8; BMC 2-3; HGC 12 #73; MIG Type 114a; Sear Greek 7537. cf SNG ANS 9 #219 (different monogram). Anaximander
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Baktria, Euthydemos II. Laureate Standing Herakles Tetradrachm.Euthydemos II. 185-180 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.88 gm, 31mm, 12h). Diademed and draped bust of Euthydemos II right. / Laureate Herakles standing, facing, holding oak wreath, club, and lionskin. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΕΜΟΥ. ᴾꓗ monogram to inner left. nEF. Bt. Herakles Numismatics, 2007. Bopearachchi Série 1C #2-4; BMC 1; HGC 12 #72; MIG 1 Type 113d; Sear Greek 7536; SNG ANS 9 #216; SNG Cop 7 (Parthia-India) #264. Anaximander
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Baktria, Graeco-Baktrian Kings, Euthydemos I., Æ Double Unit, 235-200 BC.Baktria, Graeco-Baktrian Kings, Euthydemos I.,
Æ Double Unit (21-23 mm / 7.02 g), 235-200 BC.,
Obv.: Bare head of Hercules right.
Rev.: [B]AΣIΛEΩS above, EYΘYΔHMOY below, horse prancing right.
Sear GC 7523 ; Mitchiner, Indogreek 87 ; Bopearachchi Série 17A ; SNG ANS 146ff ; BMC India 8, 6 .
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Baktrian Kingdom, Agathokles I, ca. 185-170 BC, AR Tetradrachm EYΘYΔHMOY ΘEOY (Euthydemos God) Diademed head of Euthydemos right.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕYONTOΣ AΓAΘOKΛEOYΣ ΔIKAIOY (of King Agathokles the Just) Herakles seated on rock, holding club set on rocks; ΦΩΛ monogram lower right field.
Bopearachchi 16B; SNG ANS 261, Mitchiner 145; HGC 12, 87.
This coin referenced in Frank L. Holt Lost World of the Golden King: In Search of Ancient Afghanistan p.203 and Chapter 8 end note 75.
(31 mm, 16.67 g, 12h).
Agathokles and Antimachos issued “pedigree” tetradrachms in the later years of the struggle for regency with Eukratides. Such coins sought to assert the legitimacy of the incumbent Euthydemid rulers through association with forbears and even unrelated predecessors back to Alexander.
An iron pin pierces this coin accompanied by the remains of an iron suspension loop that has been incompletely removed. This is the remains of an attachment placed in a manner to avoid defacing the image of Euthydemos. The careful attachment of this coin for its use as an item of display may have been an overt statement of loyalty to the Euthydemid line during the struggle with Eukratides. n.igma
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Baktrian Kingdom, Diodotos II, ca. 240-230 BC, AR Tetradrachm Posthumous diademed idealised head of Diodotos I right.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔIOΔITOY (of King Diodotos). Zeus striding left, hurling thunderbolt in right hand, aegis over extended left arm; eagle standing at his feet.
Holt B2 (Holt B2 example 3 = this coin); Kritt B2; Bopearachchi 6A; SNG ANS 9, 87; Qunduz 8; HGC 12, 21. Struck ca. 230 BC at Mint "B" - Baktra.
(25 mm, 16.42 g, 6h).
CNG 778209; ex -CNG e-Auction 124, October 2005, 139 (incorrectly attributed as Holt B1); ex- Munz und Medaillen Fixed Price List 332 (1972).
The coin was struck shortly before Euthydemos overthrew Diodotos II. The idealised posthumous image of Diodotos I on the obverse was a statement of the legitimacy of the right of Diodotos II to the throne of Baktria, as the lineal successor to Diodotos I. This B2 issue is distinguished from the preceding B1 type by the absence of a wreath beneath the extended arm of Zeus on the reverse. Holt suggested that the removal of the wreath from coinage followed Diodotos II’s treaty with the Parthians. The wreath is believed to have been instituted as a celebration of Diodotos I victory over Arsaces in the previous decade and thus potentially perceived as an insult to the Parthians on consummation of the treaty.
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Baktrian Kingdom, Euthydemos I, ca. 230-200 BC, AR Tetradrachm Diademed head of an elderly Euthydemos right.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ EYΘYΔHMOY Herakles seated left on rock, resting club on thigh, PK monogram in inner right field.
SNG ANS 9, 141-142; Kritt B17; Mitchiner 94a; Qunduz 19-20; HGC 12, 43; Sear GCV 7516.
Mint “B” – Baktra ca. 206-200 BC.
(26 mm, 15.92 g, 12h).
Realms Ancient Coins; ex- CNG.
The coinage portraits of Euthydemos range from youthful to elderly, reflecting the thirty year duration of his reign, which is inferred to have ended as early as 200 BC by recent workers (Kritt), or as late as 190 BC by earlier workers (Mitchiner). This portrayal probably represents the king in his sixties or seventies, after the invasion of Baktria by Antiochos III. The late life portrayal of Euthydemos is considered to be amongst the finest Hellenistic numismatic art. It shows a world weary, perhaps dissolute figure, for who the exercise of power has become as much a burden as a benefit. The Euthydemos series extending from youth to late life is almost unique in it’s true to life representation of the physical process of aging; the vitality and optimism of youth gradually replaced by the weariness of age, all captured in the progression of the portraits of Euthydemos.
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Baktrian Kingdom, Euthydemos I, ca. 230-200 BC, AR Tetradrachm Diademed head of the mature Euthydemos right.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ EYΘYΔHMOY (of King Euthydemos). Herakles seated left on rock, resting club on pile of rocks, monogram in inner right field. Die shift in lower field with some minor scratches.
Bopearachchi Series 5B; SNG ANS 9, 131; Kritt A14; Mitchiner 85c; Qunduz12-14; HGC 12, 40; Sear 7514.
Mint “A” - Ai Khanoum ca. 215-208 BC.
(29 mm, 16.96 g, 12h).
Pars Coins.
This depiction of Euthydemos on the obverse of this coin has a portrait quality. It probably closely approximates the features of the ruler in middle age.
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Baktrian Kingdom, Euthydemos I, ca. 230-200 BC, AR Tetradrachm Diademed head of a relatively youthful Euthydemos right.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ EYΘYΔHMOY Herakles seated left on rock, resting club on pile of rocks, monogram in inner right field, letter A in exergue.
Bopearachchi Series 5C; SNG ANS 9, 137 (same reverse die); Kritt, A8; HGC 12, 40.
Mint “A” - Ai Khanoum ca. 225-220/215 BC.
(29 mm, 16.7 g, 12h).
CNG 782054; ex- Semon Lipcer Coll.; ex- CNG 63, May 2003, 923.
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Baktrian Kingdom, Euthydemos I, ca. 230-200 BC, AR Tetradrachm Diademed youthful head right.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ EYΘYΔHMOY (of King Euthydemos). Herakles seated left on rocks, holding club set on rocks; monogram lower right field.
Kritt A1; Bopearachchi 5B; SNG ANS 9,125; HGC 12, 40; Mitchiner 85c; Qunduz 10-11.
Mint “A” - Ai Khanoum ca. 230 BC.
(28 mm, 16.38 g, 6h).
CNG eAuction 170, 8 Aug. 2007, 138.
Euthydemos I overthrew Diodotos II around 230 BC. This coin is amongst the first issued by Euthydemos. The inverted die axes convention with which it was struck is a characteristic of Mint “A” (Ai Khanoum) in the preceding Diodotid era. This was changed to parallel die axes convention in the early years of the reign of Euthydemos. Late in Euthydemos reign, Antiochos III the Great, sought to reimpose Seleukid authority over Baktria. Euthydemos withstood a two year siege by Antiochos at the fortress city of Baktra in 208-206 BC at the conclusion of which Antiochos was forced to recognize an independent Baktria. Demetrios, the son of Euthydemos, succeeded the latter around 200 BC and extended the kingdom south into the Kabul Valley and northwest Pakistan. However, the Euthydemid dynasty was destroyed by Eukratides I who progressively deposed the successors of Demetrios I.
The reverse image of a “weary Herakles” on the Euthydemos series of tetradrachms is noteworthy for its antecedents in the Lydian issues of Antiochus II. The ancient historian Polybius noted that Euthydemos came from Magnesia. However, which of three possible cities or regions called Magnesia remains uncertain. Based on the similarity of the reverse image of Euthydemos’ silver coins with those of the Lydian types, it is inferred that he may have come from Magnesia ad Sipylum in Lydia where he could have been exposed to the” weary Herakles” issues prior to his migration to Baktria. Such being the case, Euthydemos could not have been born much later than 270 BC, in which case he would have been in his seventies at the time of his death. The aged portrait on the last of his coinage tends to confirm this inference.n.igma
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Baktrian Kingdom, Euthydemos I, ca. 230-200 BC, Æ Dichalkon Head of Heracles right.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ EYΘYΔHMOY above and below horse prancing right.
SNG ANS 9, 146-165; Kritt AK-1; Mitchiner 87; HGC 12, 53.
Ai Khanoum 225-208/6 BC.
(24 mm, ca. 8 g, 6h).
The fabric of this coin, characterized by its thick flan and beveled obverse edge, plus the 6 o’clock die axis, indicate that it is a product of the mint at Ai Khanoum. This coin type was the most abundant in the Ai Khanoum excavations with 48 examples recorded. The issue preceded the invasion of Baktria and the capture of Ai Khanoum by Antiochos III in 208-206 BC. Subsequent Euthydemid bronze coinage was restricted to the mint at Baktra/Balkh, typified by a coin fabric consisting of a thin flan.
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Baktrian Kingdom, Pantaleon I, ca. 185-180 BC, Æ Square Unit Female Hindu deity Laksmi advancing left holding lotus, Rajane Patalevasa in Kharoshthi script.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠANTAΛEONT[OYΣ] Lioness standing right
SNG ANS 9, 265; Mitchiner 161; HGC 12, 105; Sear GCV 7564. Pushkalavati mint.
(22 x19 mm, 11.25 g, 12h).
Numismatic Fine Arts Dec. 1982, 254; ex-Superior Jun. 1978, 2387; ex- Bolender, Oct. 1946.
Pantaleon is inferred to have been a brother of Euthydemos II and Agathokles. Based on the numismatic evidence, he appears to have reigned for a brief period in co-regency with his other brother Agathokles and possibly his uncle Antimachos, following the death of Euthydemos II. His coinage is the rarest of the of the Euthydemid rulers, suggesting that he was quickly dispatched by the usurper Eukratides.n.igma
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Baktrian red glass cameo with bust of Euthydemos IIBaktrian
Red glass cameo
c. 185-180 BC
Diademed, draped bust of Euthydemos II
For bust, cf. Bopearachchi Série 1Ardatirion
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Euthydemos I TetradrachmGreco-Baktrian Kingdom, Euthydemos I Theos Megas AR Tetradrachm. Mint A (near Aï Khanoum), circa 206-200 BC. Diademed head to right, with elderly features / Herakles seated to left on rocky outcropping, holding club set on rocks; BAΣIΛEΩΣ and monogram to right, EYΘYΔHMOY to left. Glenn, Group III; Kritt A17; cf. Bopearachchi 11A (for monogram but on an oktadrachm) and 12 (for type, but monogram unlisted); SNG ANS -; cf. HGC 12, 40. 15.18g, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine; somewhat corroded.
From the Neil Collection.
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Euthydemos I TetradrachmBAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos I, circa 225-200 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 16.55 g, 12 h), mint B (Baktra?). Diademed head of Euthydemos I to right. Rev. BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ - EYΘYΔHMOY Herakles seated left on rock, placing his right hand on club set his right leg and leaning left on rocky seat; behind, monogram of PK. Bopearachchi 9A. HGC 12, 42. Harshly cleaned, otherwise, good very fine.
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Euthydemos II NI double unit, 1850-180 BCBAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Euthydemos II. Circa 185-180 BC.
NI Double Unit (22mm, 7.37 g, 11h).
Laureate head of Apollo right
BAΣIΛEΩΣ EYΘYΔHMOY
Tripod; monogram to inner left.
Bopearachchi Série 6B; SNG ANS 224.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group E217, lot 203Ardatirion
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GREEK, Baktrian Kingdom, Euthydemos I, ca. 225-200/190 BC, AR Tetradrachm - Bopearachchi Series 10 AStylised diademed head of mature Euthydemos right. / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ EYΘYΔHMOY Herakles seated left on rock, resting club on knee, PK monogram in inner right field.
Bopearachchi Series 10 A; SNG ANS 138; Kritt B14; Mitchiner 94a; Qunduz 15-18. Baktra/Balkh mint ca. 210-206 BC.
(26 mm, 16.57 g, 12h)
The portrait on this coin is a stylized version of the mature portrait of the king, in which Euthydemos is made to appear more youthful and stronger than the realistic representation on preceding coins. This stylization appears to have been a propaganda response to the challenge posed by the invasion of Baktria by a more youthful Antiochos III in 208-206 BC. This portrayal of the king contrasts starkly with the elderly image that emerged on coinage in the years following the invasion by Antiochos III.
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GREEK, Baktrian Kingdom, Euthydemos II, ca. 175-170 BC, AR Tetradrachm - Bopearachchi Series 1CDiademed and draped bust right. / BAΣIΛEΩΣ EYΘYΔHMOY Herakles standing facing, holding oak wreath, club and lion’s skin; PK monogram to inner left.
Bopearachchi Series 1C; SNG ANS 216; Mitchiner 113d; Qunduz 24-25; Sear 7536.
(32 mm, 16.32 g, 12h)
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Greek, Euthydemos IITetradrachm, ca 190-170 BC.
Obverse: Diademed bust of Euthydemos II.
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ / Herakles standing, holding wreath, club, and lion's skin. PK monogram at left.
16.90 gm., 30 cm.
Sear #7536; Bepearachchi Serie 1C. Callimachus
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SOGDIA, Imitation of Eutydemos of BactriaAR Tetradrachm, 27mm, 8.0g, 12h; c. 100 BC
Obv.: Diademed head of Euthydemos right
Rev.: Hercules seated on omphalos holding club on right; Sogdian legend.
Reference: Rtveladze 37; Senior A18.5T / 17-36-161John Anthony
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