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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Bactrian Kingdom| > SH58908
Baktrian Kingdom, Eukratides I Megas, c. 171 - 145 B.C.
|Bactrian| |Kingdom|, |Baktrian| |Kingdom,| |Eukratides| |I| |Megas,| |c.| |171| |-| |145| |B.C.|, Eucratides I Megas replaced the Euthydemid dynasty with his own. He fought the Indo-Greek kings, the easternmost Hellenistic rulers in northwestern India, temporarily holding territory as far as the Indus, until he was defeated and pushed back to Bactria. His vast coinage suggests a rule of considerable importance.
SH58908. Silver tetradrachm, Bopearachchi 1B; SNG ANS 431, Mitchiner IGIS I 168f, VF, rough, porous, Panjir mint, weight 16.292g, maximum diameter 32.3mm, die axis 0o, c. 165 - 160 B.C.; obverse diademed and draped bust right; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ EYKPATIΔOY, the Dioskouroi on horses rearing right, holding palm fronds and spears, monogram lower right; ex Ancient Numismatic Enterprise; SOLD











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