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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Bactrian Kingdom| > SH31089
Bactrian Kingdom, Eukratides I, c. 171 - 135 B.C.
|Bactrian| |Kingdom|, |Bactrian| |Kingdom,| |Eukratides| |I,| |c.| |171| |-| |135| |B.C.|, Struck on the Attic weight tetradrachm standard.
SH31089. Silver tetradrachm, Mitchiner IGIS I, type 177(ee); SNG ANS 465; Bop. 6E, UNC, chief workshop, Pushkala mint, weight 16.962g, maximum diameter 33.0mm, die axis 0o, c. 160 - 135 B.C.; obverse helmeted, draped and diademed bust right, fillet border; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY EYKPATIΔOY, the Dioskouroi on horseback right, each holding a palm branch and spear, monogram below right; scarce; SOLD










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