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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Bactrian Kingdom| > WA73959
Baktrian Kingdom, Euthydemos I Theos Megas, c. 225 - 195 B.C.
|Bactrian| |Kingdom|, |Baktrian| |Kingdom,| |Euthydemos| |I| |Theos| |Megas,| |c.| |225| |-| |195| |B.C.|, Euthydemus was allegedly a native of Magnesia and a son of General Apollodotus. According to Polybius, Euthydemus was a Satrap of Sogdiana who ousted the dynasty of Diodotus from Bactria and made himself king. His kingdom seems to have been substantial, including Sogdiana to the north, and Margiana and Ariana to the south or east of Bactria. When Antiochus III the Great attacked in 208 B.C., Euthydemus lost the Battle of the Arius but then resisted a three-year siege in the fortified city of Bactra. Euthydemus negotiated peace asserting that he toppled the descendants of the rebel Diodotus and provided a barrier to barbarian invasions. Antiochus decided to recognize him as king, and offered one of his daughters to Euthydemus' son Demetrius.
WA73959. Bronze double unit, Kritt Dynastic AK-1, Bopearachchi series 17, SNG ANS 147, Mitchiner IGIS 87, SGCV II 7523, HGC 12 53 (R1), F, thick flan with beveled edge, corrosion, Ai Khanoum mint, weight 7.245g, maximum diameter 23.4mm, die axis 45o, c. 225 - 208/6 B.C.; obverse bearded head of Herakles right; reverse horse prancing right, BAΣIΛΕΩΣ above, ΕYΘYΔΗMOY below; scarce; SOLD










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